Table 1 Clinical symptoms of the patients studied (n = 132) upon admission
From: Cerebrospinal fluid abnormalities in meningeosis neoplastica: a retrospective 12-year analysis
Symptoms in the order of decreasing frequency | All patients n (%) |
|---|---|
Cranial nerve palsy | 55 (41.7%) |
Psychiatric abnormalities | 43 (32.6) |
Radicular motor symptoms of the lower extremities | 27 (20.5) |
Headache | 25 (18.9) |
Hemiparesis | 23 (17.4) |
Nausea/vomiting | 22 (16.7) |
Radicular sensory symptoms of the lower extremities | 21 (15.9) |
Non-radicular sensory abnormalities | 18 (13.6) |
Para- or tetraparesis | 17 (12.9) |
Aphasia | 14 (11.4) |
Nuchal rigidity | 12 (9.1) |
Cognitive decline | 11 (8.3) |
Radicular motor symptoms of the upper extremities | 11 (8.3) |
Epileptic seizures | 10 (7.6) |
Radicular sensory symptoms of the upper extremities | 5 (3.8) |
Fever | 2 (1.5) |