Multiple intracranial melanoma metastases: Case report and review of the literature

Journal of Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 413-420

  Guzel, Aslan ^a   Maciaczyk, Jaroslaw ^b   Dohmen Scheufler, Hildegard ^b   Senturk, Senem ^a   Volk, Benedikt ^b   Ostertag, Christoph B ^b   Nikkhah, Guido ^b  

^a DICLE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cerebellopontine area; Epiphysis; Multiple melanoma metastases; Sellar region

Indexed keywords

STEROID; TEMOZOLOMIDE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG MEGADOSE; FATALITY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRACRANIAL TUMOR; LEG PAIN; MELANOMA; MULTIPLE CANCER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAPLEGIA; PONS ANGLE; SELLA TURCICA TUMOR; SKIN TUMOR; STEREOTACTIC BIOPSY; URINE INCONTINENCE;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, ALKYLATING; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CRANIAL IRRADIATION; DACARBAZINE; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 67349109894     PISSN: 0167594X     EISSN: 15737373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11060-008-9785-0     Document Type: Article

References (68)

1. Gonzalez-Martinez J, Hernandez L, Zamorano L et al (2002) Gamma knife radiosurgery for intracranial metastatic melanoma: A 6-year experience. J Neurosurg 97:494-498
2. Kingdom TT, Lalwani AK, Pitts LH (1993) Isolated metastatic melanoma of the cerebellopontine angle: Case report. Neurosurgery 33:142-144. doi: 10.1097/00006123-199307000-00024
3. Morita A, Meyer FB, Laws ER Jr (1998) Symptomatic pituitary metastases. J Neurosurg 89:69-73
4. Stevens G, Firth I, Coates A (1992) Cerebral metastases from malignant melanoma. Radiother Oncol 23:185-191. doi: 10.1016/0167-8140(92)90329-S
5. Freda PU, Post KD (1999) Differential diagnosis of sellar masses. Endocrinol Metab Clin North Am 28:81-117. doi: 10.1016/ S0889-8529(05)70058-X
6. Tarhini AA, Agarwala SS (2004) Management of brain metastases in patients with melanoma. Curr Opin Oncol 16:161-166. doi: 10.1097/ 00001622-200403000-00014
7. Wronski M, Arbit E (2000) Surgical treatment of brain metastases from melanoma: A retrospective study of 91 patients. J Neurosurg 93:9-18
8. Bafaloukos D, Gogas H (2004) The treatment of brain metastases in melanoma patients. Cancer Treat Rev 30:515-520. doi: 10.1016/ j.ctrv.2004.05.001
9. Copeland DD, Sink JD, Seigler HF (1980) Primary intracranial melanoma presenting as a suprasellar tumor. Neurosurgery 6:542-545. doi: 10.1097/ 00006123-198005000-00008
10. Komninos J, Vlassopoulou V, Protopapa D et al (2004) Tumors metastatic to the pituitary gland: Case report and literature review. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 89:574-580. doi: 10.1210/jc.2003-030395
11. Leung GK, Chow WS, Tan KC et al (2003) Metastatic melanoma of the pituitary gland. Case report. J Neurosurg 99:913-915
12. Arriaga MA, Lo WW, Brackmann DE (1995) Metastatic melanoma to the cerebellopontine angle. Clinical and imaging characteristics. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2:1052-1056
13. Delerue O, Destee A, Devos P (1991) Bilateral metastases in the cerebellopontine angle. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 54:562-563. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.54.6.562-a
14. Roessmann U, Kaufman B, Friede RL (1970) Metastatic lesions in the sella turcica and pituitary gland. Cancer 25:478-480. doi: 10.1002/ 1097-0142(197002)25:2<478::AID-CNCR2820250227>3.0.CO;2-X
15. Shinogami M, Yamasoba T, Sasaki T (1998) Bilateral isolated metastases of malignant melanoma to the cerebellopontine angle. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 118:276-279. doi: 10.1016/S0194-5998(98)80031-4
16. Fassett DR, Couldwell WT (2004) Metastases to the pituitary gland. Neurosurg Focus 16:E8
17. Teears RJ, Silverman EM (1975) Clinicopathologic review of 88 cases of carcinoma metastatic to the putuitary gland. Cancer 36:216-220. doi: 10.1002/1097-0142(197507)36:1<216::AID-CNCR2820360123>3.0.CO;2-E
18. Mayr NA, Yuh WT, Muhonen MG et al (1993) Pituitary metastases: MR findings. J Comput Assist Tomogr 17:432-437. doi: 10.1097/ 00004728-199305000-00018
19. Nelson PB, Robinson AG, Martinez AJ (1987) Metastatic tumor of the pituitary gland. Neurosurgery 21:941-944. doi: 10.1097/ 00006123-198712000-00030
20. Rousseau A, Bernier M, Kujas M et al (2005) Primary intracranial melanocytic tumor simulating pituitary macroadenoma: Case report and review of the literature. Neurosurgery 57:E369. doi: 10.1227/ 01.NEU.0000166686.19823.A9
21. Sam S, Molitch ME (2005) The pituitary mass: Diagnosis and management. Rev Endocr Metab Disord 6:55-62. doi: 10.1007/s11154-005-5225-z
22. Chiang MF, Brock M, Patt S (1990) Pituitary metastases. Neurochirurgia (Stuttg) 33:127-131
23. Whinney D, Kitchen N, Revesz T et al (2001) Primary malignant melanoma of the cerebellopontine angle. Otol Neurotol 22:218-222. doi: 10.1097/ 00129492-200103000-00018
24. Mendez IM, Del Maestro RF (1988) Cerebral metastases from malignant melanoma. Can J Neurol Sci 15:119-123
25. Juneau P, Schoene WC, Black P (1992) Malignant tumors in the pituitary gland. Arch Neurol 49:555-558
26. McCormick PC, Post KD, Kandji AD et al (1989) Metastatic carcinoma to the pituitary gland. Br J Neurosurg 3:71-79. doi: 10.3109/ 02688698909001028
27. Tuttenberg J, Fink W, Back W et al (2004) A rare primary sellar melanoma. Case report. J Neurosurg 100:931-934
28. Kaltsas GA, Nomikos P, Kontogeorgos G et al (2005) Clinical review: diagnosis and management of pituitary carcinomas. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 90:3089-3099. doi: 10.1210/jc.2004-2231
29. Benjamin L (1857) Ein Krebsfall. Virchows Arch Path Anat 12:566-569. doi: 10.1007/BF01950081
30. Sioutos P, Yen V, Arbit E (1996) Pituitary gland metastases. Ann Surg Oncol 3:94-99. doi: 10.1007/BF02409058
31. Neilson JM, Moffat AD (1963) Hypopituitarism caused by a melanoma of the pituitary gland. J Clin Pathol 16:144-149. doi: 10.1136/jcp.16.2.144
32. Aubin MJ, Hardy J, Comtois R (1997) Primary sellar haemorrhagic melanoma: Case report and review of the literature. Br J Neurosurg 1:80-83
33. Escott EJ (2001) A variety of appearances of malignant melanoma in the head: A review. Radiographics 21:625-639
34. Woodruff WW Jr, Djang WT, McLendon RE et al (1987) Intracerebral malignant melanoma: High-field-strength MR imaging. Radiology 165:209-213
35. Chappell PM, Kelly WM, Ercius M (1990) Primary sellar melanoma simulating hemorrhagic pituitary adenoma: MR and pathologic findings. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 11:1054-1056
36. Farrokh D, Fransen P, Faverly D (2001) MR findings of a primary intramedullary malignant melanoma: Case report and literature review. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 22:1864-1866
37. Suzuki M, Takashima T, Kadoya M et al (1993) Signal intensity of brain metastases on T2-weighted images: Specificity for metastases from colonic cancers. Neurochirurgia (Stuttg) 36:151-155
38. Yuh WT, Mayr-Yuh NA, Koci TM et al (1993) Metastatic lesions involving the cerebellopontine angle. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 14:99-106
39. Schubiger O, Haller D (1992) Metastases to the pituitary-hypothalamic axis. An MR study of seven symptomatic patients. Neuroradiology 34:131-134. doi: 10.1007/BF00588159
40. Berman JM, Farkashidy J, Jahn AF et al (1979) Peripheral facial paralysis secondary to metastatic malignant melanoma. A clinicopathologic report. Arch Otolaryngol 105:51-52
41. Max MB, Deck MD, Rottenberg DA (1981) Pituitary metastasis: Incidence in cancer patients and clinical differentiation from pituitary adenoma. Neurology 31:998-1002
42. Brackmann DE, Bartels LJ (1980) Rare tumors of the cerebellopontine angle. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 88:555-559
43. Currie L, Tomma A (2001) Malignant melanoma presenting as sudden onset of complete hearing loss. Ann Plast Surg 47:336-337. doi: 10.1097/ 00000637-200109000-00020
44. Lee WT, Weber PC (2005) Melanoma metastasis masquerading as bilateral acoustic neuromas. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 132:505-506. doi: 10.1016/ j.otohns.2004.05.004
45. Tu AS, Wang H, Harris-McCorkle L et al (1994) Bilateral involvement of the cerebellopontine angles by malignant melanoma metastasis: A case report. Md Med J 43:967-970
46. Vasdev A, David P, Villemot D et al (1990) Apparently primary malignant melanoma of the cerebellopontine angle. One case. J Neuroradiol 17:152-156
47. Breger RK, Papke RA, Pojunas KW et al (1987) Benign extraaxial tumors: contrast enhancement with Gd-DTPA. Radiology 163:427-429
48. Jeong HJ, Chung JK, Kim YK et al (2002) Usefulness of whole-body (18) F-FDG PET in patients with suspected metastatic brain tumors. J Nucl Med 43:1432-1437
49. Reinhardt MJ, Kensy J, Frohmann JP et al (2002) Value of tumour marker S-100B in melanoma patients: A comparison to 18F-FDG PET and clinical data. Nucl Med (Stuttg) 41:143-147
50. Kumar R, Mavi A, Bural G et al (2005) Fluorodeoxyglucose-PET in the management of malignant melanoma. Radiol Clin North Am 43:23-33. doi: 10.1016/j.rcl.2004.09.011
51. Tilgner J, Herr M, Ostertag C et al (2005) Validation of intraoperative diagnoses using smear preparations from stereotactic brain biopsies: intraoperative versus final diagnosis - influence of clinical factors. Neurosurgery 56:257-265. doi: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000148899.39020.87
52. Rodriguez y Baena R, Gaetani P et al (1992) Primary solitary intracranial melanoma: Case report and review of the literature. Surg Neurol 38:26-37. doi: 10.1016/0090-3019(92)90208-5
53. Jawahar A, Shaya M, Campbell P et al (2005) Role of stereotactic radiosurgery as a primary treatment option in the management of newly diagnosed multiple (three to six) intracranial metastases. Surg Neurol 64:207-212. doi: 10.1016/j.surneu.2005.04.003
54. Sampson JH, Carter JH Jr, Friedman AH et al (1998) Demographics, prognosis, and therapy in 702 patients with brain metastases from malignant melanoma. J Neurosurg 88:11-20
55. Mori Y, Kondziolka D, Flickinger JC et al (1998) Stereotactic radiosurgery for cerebral metastatic melanoma: Factors affecting local disease control and survival. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 42:581-589. doi: 10.1016/S0360-3016(98)00272-7
56. Panagiotou IE, Brountzos EN, Kelekis DA et al (2005) Cerebral metastases of malignant melanoma: Contemporary treatment modalities and survival outcome. Neoplasma 52:150-158
57. Ferraresi V, Ciccarese M, Zeuli M et al (2005) Central nervous system as exclusive site of disease in patients with melanoma: Treatment and clinical outcome of two cases. Melanoma Res 15:467-469. doi: 10.1097/ 00008390-200510000-00017
58. Sharpless SM, Das Gupta TK (1998) Surgery for metastatic melanoma. Semin Surg Oncol 14:311-318. doi: 10.1002/ (SICI)1098-2388(199806)14:4<311::AID-SSU7>3.0.CO;2-5
59. Fernandez E, Maira G, Puca A et al (1984) Multiple intracranial metastases of malignant melanoma with long-term survival. Case report. J Neurosurg 60:621-624
60. Zacest AC, Besser M, Stevens G et al (2002) Surgical management of cerebral metastases from melanoma: Outcome in 147 patients treated at a single institution over two decades. J Neurosurg 96:552-558
61. Konstadoulakis MM, Messaris E, Zografos G et al (2000) Prognostic factors in malignant melanoma patients with solitary or multiple brain metastases. Is there a role for surgery? J Neurosurg Sci 44:211-218
62. Meier S, Baumert BG, Maier T et al (2004) Survival and prognostic factors in patients with brain metastases from malignant melanoma. Onkologie 27:145-149. doi: 10.1159/000076903
63. Hofmann M, Kiecker F, Wurm R et al (2006) Temozolomide with or without radiotherapy in melanoma with unresectable brain metastases. J Neurooncol 76:59-64. doi: 10.1007/s11060-005-2914-0
64. Hwu WJ, Lis E, Menell JH et al (2005) Temozolomide plus thalidomide in patients with brain metastases from melanoma: A phase II study. Cancer 103:2590-2597. doi: 10.1002/cncr.21081
65. Jacquillat C, Khayat D, Banzet P et al (1990) Chemotherapy by fotemustine in cerebral metastases of disseminated malignant melanoma. Cancer Chemother Pharmacol 25:263-266. doi: 10.1007/BF00684883
66. Fife KM, Colman MH, Stevens GN et al (2004) Determinants of outcome in melanoma patients with cerebral metastases. J Clin Oncol 22:1293-1300. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2004.08.140
67. Petrovich Z, Yu C, Giannotta SL et al (2002) Survival and pattern of failure in brain metastasis treated with stereotactic gamma knife radiosurgery. J Neurosurg 97:499-506
68. Retsas S, Gershuny AR (1988) Central nervous system involvement in malignant melanoma. Cancer 61:1926-1934. doi: 10.1002/ 1097-0142(19880501)61:9<1926::AID-CNCR2820610934>3.0.CO;2-I