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Cerebrospinal fluid diversion for leptomeningeal metastasis: palliative, procedural and oncologic outcomes.

Evan D BanderMelissa YuanAnne S ReinerAndrew L A GartonKatherine S PanageasCameron W BrennanViviane TabarNelson S Moss
Published in: Journal of neuro-oncology (2021)
CSF diversion for LM with hydrocephalus and intracranial hypertension secondary to metastasis can achieve symptomatic relief, hospital discharge, and return to further oncologic therapy, with a complication profile unique to this pathophysiology. However, decision-making in this population must incorporate end-of-life goals of care given limited prognosis.
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