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leukemic meningitis

A serious problem that may occur in leukemia. In leukemic meningitis, cancer cells have spread from the original (primary) tumor to the meninges (thin layers of … [Read more...]

leukemic leptomeningitis

A serious problem that may occur in leukemia. In leukemic leptomeningitis, cancer cells have spread from the original (primary) tumor to the meninges (thin … [Read more...]

leptomeningeal metastasis

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 … [Read more...]

leptomeningeal carcinoma

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 … [Read more...]

leptomeningeal

Having to do with the two innermost meninges (thin layers of tissue that cover and protect the brain and spinal cord). … [Read more...]

ketamine

A drug used to cause a loss of feeling and awareness and to induce sleep in patients having surgery. It is also being studied in the treatment of nerve pain … [Read more...]

juvenile pilocytic astrocytoma

A slow-growing type of central nervous system tumor that forms from glial (supportive) tissue of the brain and spinal cord. Juvenile pilocytic astrocytoma … [Read more...]

ion

An atom or a molecule that has a positive or negative electrical charge. Examples are sodium, potassium, calcium, chloride, and phosphate. These ions help move … [Read more...]

intraventricular infusion

The delivery of a drug into a fluid-filled cavity within the heart or brain. … [Read more...]

intrathecal chemotherapy

Treatment in which anticancer drugs are injected into the fluid-filled space between the thin layers of tissue that cover the brain and spinal cord. … [Read more...]