Malignant transformation of intramedullary melanocytoma: Case report

Neurosurgery

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Perrini, Paolo ^a   Caniglia, Michele ^a   Pieroni, Marzia ^a   Castagna, Maura ^a   Parenti, Giuliano Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Malignant transformation; Melanoma; Meningeal melanocytoma

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER DYSFUNCTION; CANCER INVASION; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LAMINECTOMY; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MELANOCYTOSIS; MENINGIOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARESIS; PARESTHESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD SURGERY; THORACIC SPINAL CORD;

AGED; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MELANOMA; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS;

EID: 77956188436     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000372919.96651.34     Document Type: Article

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