Meningeal carcinomatosis secondary to prostatic carcinoma: case report

A patient presenting with signs and symptoms attributable to meningeal carcinomatosis was found to have metastasizing prostatic carcinoma at autopsy. Microsopically, the primary and metastatic carcinomas exhibited mucus production. Only 3 cases of meningeal carcinomatosis owing to prostatic carcinoma are cited in the literature, none of which is documented adequately.