The diagnostic dilemma of primary central nervous system melanoma

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1014-1017

  Wadasadawala, Tabassum ^a   Trivedi, Swati ^a   Gupta, Tejpal ^a   Epari, Sreedhar ^a   Jalali, Rakesh ^a  

^a TATA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Central nervous system; Primary melanoma; Primary melanoma prognosis; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; MELANIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY HMB 45; PROTEIN S 100;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CELL NUCLEUS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CRANIECTOMY; CRANIOTOMY; CYTOPLASM; DIZZINESS; EDEMA; EOSINOPHIL; HEADACHE; HEARING DISORDER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INNERVATION; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; KNEE; LEG; LIMB WEAKNESS; MALE; MELANOMA; MENINGIOMA; MENINGOCELE; MICROSCOPY; NERVE FIBER; NEURILEMOMA; NEVUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEOLUS; PARIETAL LOBE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIMARY CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; TINNITUS; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR BIOPSY; TUMOR CELL; BRAIN TUMOR; IMAGE PROCESSING; PATHOLOGY; PONS ANGLE; PROGNOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CEREBELLOPONTINE ANGLE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MELANOMA; PARIETAL LOBE; PROGNOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954088986     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2009.12.020     Document Type: Article

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