Leptomeningeal cancer is a tumor that involves the two innermost meninges (thin layers of tissue that cover and protect the brain and spinal cord).
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leptomeningeal cancer
A tumor that involves the tissues that cover the brain and spinal cord.
leptomeningeal metastases
Cancer that has spread from the original (primary) tumor to the tissues that cover the brain and spinal cord.
leptomeningeal cancer (LEP-toh-meh-NIN-jee-ul KAN-ser) 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 protect the brain and spinal cord).
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 See also: Cancer, Symptom, Lymphoma, Infections, Antibiotics
  
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