Leptomeningeal metastases originated from esophagogastric junction/gastric cancer: A brief report of two cases

Table 1 Characteristics of patients diagnosed with leptomeningeal carcinomatosis

Characteristics	Case 1	Case 2
Age (yr)	64	57
Sex	Female	Male
Primary neoplasm	Stomach	EGJ
Histology	Adenocarcinoma gr III,	Adenocarcinoma gr III,
	signet ring cells	signet ring cells
Disease status	Initial diagnosis	Recurrence
Systemic disease	None other than LMC	None other than LMC
Main neurological symptoms	Headache, dizziness, visual and hearing loss	Headache, dysphasia, temporary left side paresis
CSF cytology	Positive	Positive
Brain imaging studies	CT: No findings	CT: No findings
	MRI: Positive	MRI: Positive

EGJ: Esophagogastric junction; LMC: Leptomeningeal carcinomatosis; CSF: Cerebrospinal fluid; CT: Computed tomography; MRI: Magnetic resonance imaging.