Meningeal Carcinomatosis

Preferred Label : Meningeal Carcinomatosis;

NCIt synonyms : Carcinomatosis of the Meninges;

NCIt definition : Diffuse spread of cancer to the meninges.;

Alternative definition : NCI-GLOSS: A serious problem that may occur in cancer in which cancer cells spread from the original (primary) tumor to the meninges (thin layers of tissue that cover and protect the brain and spinal cord). It can happen in many types of cancer, but is the most common in melanoma, breast, lung, and gastrointestinal cancer. The cancer may cause the meninges to be inflamed.;

Neoplastic status : Malignant;

Codes from synonyms : CDR0000639507;

Details

Origin ID

C27383;

UMLS CUI

C0220654;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Malignant neoplasm metastasis in meninges [ICD-11 Category]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Malignant meningitis (disorder) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Meningeal carcinomatosis [PASCAL descriptor]
- Meningeal carcinomatosis [MedDRA LLT]
- Metastases to meninges [MedDRA Preferred Term]
- Neoplastic meningitis [MedDRA LLT]
- meningeal carcinomatosis [MeSH Descriptor]
- meningeal carcinomatosis [MeSH concept]
Disease excludes abnormal cell
- Malignant Stromal Cell [NCIt concept]
- Neoplastic Smooth Muscle Cell [NCIt concept]
Has associated anatomic sites
- Central Nervous System [NCIt concept]
- Meninges [NCIt concept]
- Nervous System [NCIt concept]
See also inter- (CISMeF)
- lymphomatous meningitis [Disease (Nov.)]
Semantic type(s)
- Neoplastic Process [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Malignant meningitis (disorder) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Meningeal carcinomatosis [MedDRA LLT]
- Meningeal dissemination [MedDRA LLT]
- Metastases to meninges [MedDRA Preferred Term]
- meningeal carcinomatosis [MeSH concept]
- meningeal carcinomatosis [MeSH Descriptor]
- meningeal metastasis [Disease (Nov.)]
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- Benign Cellular Infiltrate [NCIt concept]
- Indolent Clinical Course [NCIt concept]
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- Malignant Cell [NCIt concept]
- Malignant Epithelial Cell [NCIt concept]
- Neoplastic Cell [NCIt concept]
- Neoplastic Epithelial Cell [NCIt concept]
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- Carcinomatous Component Present [NCIt concept]
- Diffuse Lesion [NCIt concept]
- Epithelial Component Present [NCIt concept]
- Malignant Cellular Infiltrate [NCIt concept]
- Metastatic Lesion [NCIt concept]
- Secondary Lesion [NCIt concept]
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- Meninges [NCIt concept]
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- Epithelial Cell [NCIt concept]
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- Epithelial Tissue [NCIt concept]

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