neoplastic meningitis
MONDO:0700219Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names neoplastic meningitis yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
Metastatic neoplasm in which the tumor cells spread to leptomeninges (pia and arachnoid) and subarachnoid space. The most common primary tumors metastasizing to the leptomeninges are breast and lung carcinomas, melanoma, aggressive non-Hodgkin lymphoma, and acute lymphocytic leukemia.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0700219), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Where it sits
- A kind of
Other names
7 names
Resolves to: neoplastic meningitis
- Also called
- carcinomatous meningitisleptomeningeal carcinomaleptomeningeal carcinomatosisleptomeningeal metastasismeningeal carcinomatosismeningeal metastasismetastatic malignant neoplasm in the leptomeninges