Neurocutaneous melanosis presenting with intracranial amelanotic melanoma

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 457-460

  Vanzieleghem, Bart D ^a   Lemmerling, Marc M ^b   Van Coster, Rudy N ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MELANOMA; MELANOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MELANOMA, AMELANOTIC; MELANOSIS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASMS, MULTIPLE PRIMARY; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0033360844     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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