Primary malignant cerebellopontine angle melanoma presenting as a presumed meningioma: Case report and review of the literature

Skull Base

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 159-165

  Kan, Peter ^a   Shelton, Clough ^a   Townsend, Jeannette ^a   Jensen, Randy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebellopontine angle; Melanocytoma; Melanoma

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; DACARBAZINE; INTERLEUKIN 2; TEMOZOLOMIDE;

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; ATAXIA; CASE REPORT; DYSPHAGIA; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MENINGIOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PONS ANGLE TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOSURGERY; RECURRENT DISEASE; SKULL IRRADIATION; SKULL SURGERY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 0242320384     PISSN: 15315010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2003-43326-1     Document Type: Article

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