meningeal carcinomatosis

Although rare, Meningeal carcinomatosis can arise from cervical cancer.

Meningeal carcinomatosis is a condition in which a solid tumor diffusely spreads to the leptomeninges.

Back pain and headache - often severe and possibly associated with nausea, vomiting, neck rigidity and pain or discomfort in the eyes due to light exposure (photophobia) - are frequently the first symptoms of meningeal carcinomatosis.

Ten percent of patients with disseminated cancer develop meningeal carcinomatosis, where metastatic seedlings develop in the meninges of both the brain and spinal cord (with possible invasion of the brain or spinal cord).