Primary melanocytic tumors of the central nervous system: A neuroradiological and clinicopathological study of five cases and brief review of literature

Neurology India

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 413-419

  Jaiswal, Sushila ^a   Vij, Mukul ^a   Tungria, Arun ^a   Jaiswal, Awadhesh Kumar ^a   Srivastava, Arun Kumar ^a   Behari, Sanjay ^a  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Central nervous system; malignant melanoma; melanocytoma; primary melanocytic neoplasm

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIAL NEUROPATHY; CRANIOTOMY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROCEPHALUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MELANOCYTOSIS; MELANOMA; PONS ANGLE; REVIEW; SEIZURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MELANOMA; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052189172     PISSN: 00283886     EISSN: 19984022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0028-3886.82758     Document Type: Review

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