PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Andugulapati, Santosh Sriram
AU  - Chheda, Akash
AU  - Desai, Karan
AU  - Ravat, Sangeeta Hasmukh
TI  - Diagnostic challenges in neoplastic meningitis presenting as intracranial hypertension
AID  - 10.1136/bcr-2020-238808
DP  - 2021 Mar 01
TA  - BMJ Case Reports
PG  - e238808
VI  - 14
IP  - 3
4099  - http://casereports.bmj.com/content/14/3/e238808.short
4100  - http://casereports.bmj.com/content/14/3/e238808.full
SO  - BMJ Case Reports2021 Mar 01; 14
AB  - A diagnosis of idiopathic intracranial hypertension should be considered only after careful exclusion of all possible aetiologies. We report a case of neoplastic meningitis presenting as intracranial hypertension with inconclusive repeated cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) cytology and MRI of brain, emphasising the importance of meticulous CSF analysis and role of early whole-body PET–CT scan for diagnosis of systemic malignancy.