Meningeal melanocytoma of the temporal lobe. An uncommon tumor in an unusual location: Case report

Journal of Neurosurgical Sciences

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 211-214

  Aimari, E ^a   Debernardi, A ^a   Tancioni, F ^a   Di Ieva, A ^a   Bossi, P ^a   Gaetani, P ^a   Rodriguez Y Baena, R ^a  

^a HUMANITAS CLINICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brain, neoplasms; Melanocytoma; Meningeal neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; MELANOCYTOSIS; MENINGEAL MELANOCYTOMA; MENINGIOMA; NEUROIMAGING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SEIZURE; TEMPORAL LOBE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOCYTES; MELANOMA; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGIOMA; PROGNOSIS; SEIZURES; TEMPORAL LOBE; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 1942443157     PISSN: 00264881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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