Spinal meningeal melanocytoma presenting with superficial siderosis of the central nervous system. Case report and review of the literature

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 890-894

  Matsumoto, Shigeo ^a   Kang, Yoo ^a   Sato, Shinichi ^a   Kawakami, Yasuto ^a   Oda, Yoshifumi ^a   Araki, Manabu ^a   Kawamura, Junichiro ^a   Uchida, Hiroya ^a  

^a KOBE CITY MEDICAL CENTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hemosiderin; Magnetic resonance imaging; Meningeal melanocytoma; Spinal cord neoplasm; Superficial siderosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MELANOSOME; MENINGIOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIDEROSIS;

EID: 0031900696     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1998.88.5.0890     Document Type: Article

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