Neurocutaneous melanosis in an adult patient with diffuse leptomeningeal melanosis and a rapidly deteriorating course: Case report and review of the literature

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 110, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 609-613

  Zhang, Wei ^a   Miao, Jianting ^a   Li, Qiang ^b   Liu, Rui ^a   Li, Zhuyi ^a  

^a FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Adult; Leptomeninges; Melanoma; Neurocutaneous melanosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CHEMOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEATH; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; MELANOSIS; NEUROCUTANEOUS MELANOBLASTOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SKIN BIOPSY; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TUMOR VOLUME; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

ADULT; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; MALE; MELANOSIS; MENINGIOMA; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 44449175956     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2008.02.022     Document Type: Article

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