Transition from meningeal melanocytoma to primary cerebral melanoma: Case report

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 528-531

  Roser, Florian ^a   Nakamura, Makoto ^b   Brandis, Almuth ^b   Hans, Volkmar ^b   Vorkapic, Peter ^b   Samii, Madjid ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Brain neoplasm; Melanocytoma; Melanoma; Meningioma

Indexed keywords

KI 67 ANTIGEN; MELAN A; PROTEIN S 100; VIMENTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATLANTOOCCIPITAL JOINT; BRAIN STEM; BRAIN TOMOGRAPHY; BRAIN TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MELANOCYTOSIS; MELANOMA; MENINGIOMA; MITOSIS; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROSURGERY; PRIMARY CEREBRAL MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

EID: 4143070286     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2004.101.3.0528     Document Type: Article

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