Neurological picture. Ascending paralysis from malignant leptomeningeal melanomatosis

J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2010 Apr;81(4):449-50. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.2009.183657.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acyclovir / therapeutic use
  • Adult
  • Antiviral Agents / therapeutic use
  • Encephalitis, Herpes Simplex / drug therapy
  • Encephalitis, Herpes Simplex / virology
  • Epilepsy, Tonic-Clonic / diagnosis
  • Epilepsy, Tonic-Clonic / etiology*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Melanoma / complications*
  • Meningeal Neoplasms / complications*
  • Paraparesis / etiology*
  • Paraparesis / surgery*
  • Quadriplegia / etiology*
  • Quadriplegia / surgery*
  • Ventriculostomy / methods*

Substances

  • Antiviral Agents
  • Acyclovir