Table 1.

Literature review of cases with initial manifestation of meningeal carcinomatosis due to gastric cancer.

Reference	Year	Age	Sex	Symptoms/signs	CSF	MRI	Other metastatic sites	Pathology	Therapy	Follow-up, days
Lee et al20	2007	49	F	Headache, dizziness, fatigue	Mucin-secreting cells, signet-ring cell types	No abnormalities	Abdominal metastatic lymph node enlargement	Signet-ring cell carcinoma	None	11
Ohno et al21	2010	62	M	Bilateral hearing loss	NA	Increased signal intensity of both vestibulocochlear nerves	NA	Poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma	S-1, paclitaxel, radiotherapy	84
Guo et al9	2014	40	F	Headache, cervical pain	Signet-ring cells	Hydrocephalus, parenchymal swelling	None	Poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma	None	120
Kawasaki et al22	2014	80	F	Consciousness disturbance, mild left facial paralysis, bilateral Babinski sign positive	Adenocarcinoma	Hydrocephalus, high signal intensities, multifocal	None	Scirrhous gastric cancer, signet-ring adenocarcinoma	None	22

Abbreviations: CSF, cerebrospinal fluid; F, female; M, male; MRI, magnetic resonance imaging; NA, not available.