Treatment
Anasarca is a severe symptom, not a pathological process in and of itself; as such, the best treatment is to treat the underlying cause. However, there are a number of things that can be done to help get the fluid off as well as prevent further accumulation of fluid. Diuretics
One of the mainstays of any edema treatment, diuretics are a category of medications that help the body excrete fluid by altering the way in which the kidney processes urine. Loop diuretics
Thiazide diuretics
Thiazide-like diuretics
Potassium-sparing diuretics

Diet
The body more efficiently absorbs fluid from the gut and retains that fluid with the help of sodium and sugar. As such, decreasing salt and simple sugar intake will help prevent accumulation of fluid and potentiate the effect of any diuretics. Following a high protein diet will help provide ones body with the substrates necessary to produce albumin, the major protein in human plasma and the single most important molecule in maintaining the serum oncotic pressure. Fiber
Bulking fiber, both soluble and insoluble dietary fiber, absorb water throughout the GI tract. Viscous fiber can thicken the contents of the GI track and slow the absorption of other compounds (like simple sugars). References


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The CSF continues to carry neoplastic cells through the brain tracts and spreads the cancerous cells.Lung cancer, breast cancer, and malignant melanoma comprise the majority of solid tumors spreading to the leptomeninges. Although rare, meningeal carcinomatosis can arise from cervical cancer. Only eight cases of MC arising from squamous cell carcinoma of the uterine cervix are previously reported in the literature.Since NM is a result of primary cancer metastasis and can develop from primary brain tumors or parenchymal metastasis when tumor cells are lodged in small central nervous system (CNS) vasculature, causing local ischemia and vessel damage which result in tumor spillage into the Virchow-Robin spaces and providing access to the subarachnoid space. Invasion routes
Hematogenous spread, or spread through blood vessels, occurs either through the venous plexus of Batson or by arterial dissemination. This occurs with arterioles as a result of tumor cells being lodged in vessels that feed the meninges and later causing leakage into the meninges and CSF. This same situation also appear with spinal arteries where leakage of tumor cells is into the nerve roots. More regarding the effects of NM on spinal cord is discussed later. Tumor cells may also seed the choroid plexus, where CSF is produced, and ultimately gaining direct access to the CSF. Seeding of the choroid plexus is most common in patients with third and lateral ventricular hydrocephalus.