Meningeal melanocytoma: Clinical features and review of the literature

British Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 347-351

  Ahluwalia, S ^a,b   Ashkan, K ^a   Casey, A T H ^a  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

^b 11 Stockbridge House ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Melanocyte; Melanocytoma; Melanoma; Meningeal

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIECTOMY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MELANOCYTOSIS; MENINGIOMA; MENINX; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VERTEBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MELANOMA; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGIOMA; NEVUS; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0141918860     PISSN: 02688697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02688690310001601243     Document Type: Review

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