Large primary meningeal melanoma in an adult patient with neurocutaneous melanosis

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 109, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 448-451

  Kiecker, Felix ^a   Hofmann, Maja A ^a   Audring, Heike ^a   Brenner, Aeilke ^b   Labitzke, Christine ^b   Sterry, Wolfram ^a   Trefzer, Uwe ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b Werner Forssmann Hospital   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blue nevus; Melanoma; Neurocutaneous melanosis

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; FOTEMUSTINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FAMILY HISTORY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LABORATORY TEST; LEPTOMENINX; MALE; MELANOMA; MELANOSIS; MENINGIOMA; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; BRAIN EDEMA; DENDRITIC CELLS; DERMIS; DURA MATER; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MELANOMA; MELANOSIS; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; NEUROCUTANEOUS SYNDROMES; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34247519248     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2007.02.004     Document Type: Article

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