Primary melanocytoma arising from the thoracic leptomeninges case

Clinical Neuropathology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 80-83

  Shimoda, H ^a   Oka, K ^a,e   Naoi, Y ^a   Nishida, S ^a   Oka, T ^b   Nakazato, Y ^c   Mori, N ^d  

^a Mito Saiseikai General Hospital   (Japan)

^b Oka Orthopedics Clinic   (Japan)

^c GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e Mito Saiseikai General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Melanocytoma; Thoracic leptomeninges

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL PROLIFERATION; DURA MATER; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LEPTOMENINX; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MELANOCYTOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; THORAX WALL; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MELANOMA; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0033017045     PISSN: 07225091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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