TY - JOUR T1 - Diagnostic challenges in neoplastic meningitis presenting as intracranial hypertension JF - BMJ Case Reports JO - BMJ Case Reports DO - 10.1136/bcr-2020-238808 VL - 14 IS - 3 SP - e238808 AU - Santosh Sriram Andugulapati AU - Akash Chheda AU - Karan Desai AU - Sangeeta Hasmukh Ravat Y1 - 2021/03/01 UR - http://casereports.bmj.com/content/14/3/e238808.abstract N2 - A diagnosis of idiopathic intracranial hypertension should be considered only after careful exclusion of all possible aetiologies. We report a case of neoplastic meningitis presenting as intracranial hypertension with inconclusive repeated cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) cytology and MRI of brain, emphasising the importance of meticulous CSF analysis and role of early whole-body PET–CT scan for diagnosis of systemic malignancy. ER -