Coexisting intracranial meningeal melanocytoma, dermoid tumor, and Dandy-Walker cyst in a patient with neurocutaneous melanosis: Case report

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 444-447

  Kang, Seok Gu ^a   Do, Sung Yoo ^a   Kyoung, Suok Cho ^a   Dal, Soo Kim ^a   Eon, Duck Chang ^a   Pil, Woo Huh ^a   Moon, Chan Kim ^a  

^a Uijeongbu St Mary's Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cyst; Dandy Walker malformation; Dermoid tumor; Melanocytoma; Neurocutaneous melanosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DANDY WALKER SYNDROME; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MELANOCYTOSIS; MELANOSIS; MENINX; NEUROCUTANEOUS MELANOBLASTOSIS; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROSURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TERATOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADULT; COMORBIDITY; DANDY-WALKER SYNDROME; DERMOID CYST; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MELANOSIS; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33644662663     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2006.104.3.444     Document Type: Article

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