ABSTRACT This report presents a case of a 59-year-old male diagnosed with metastatic esophagogastric junction adenocarcinoma, who presented with mild dysphagia and vertigo. Brain magnetic resonance imaging initially showed no abnormalities. Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy revealed a vegetative lesion in the distal esophagus, and concurrent colonoscopy identified a laterally-spreading tumor in the transverse colon. Immunohistochemistry confirmed a poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma, suggesting an upper gastrointestinal origin. Further investigation of the worsening neurological symptoms led to the identification of leptomeningeal carcinomatosis via cerebrospinal […]