Primary malignant meningeal melanomatosis: A clinical, radiological and pathologic case study

Acta Neurologica Belgica

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 228-231

  Arias, Manuel ^a   Alberte Woodward, Miguel ^a   Arias, Susana ^a   Dapena, Dolores ^a   Prieto, Ángel ^a   Suárez Peñaranda, José Manuel ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Hydrocephalus; Melanin; Meningeal melanomatosis; MRI

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM; MELAN A; MELANIN; PROTEIN S 100; VIMENTIN;

ABDUCENS NERVE PARALYSIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CARCINOMATOUS MENINGITIS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GLIOSIS; HEADACHE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALIGNANT MENINGEAL MELANOMATOSIS; MELANOMA; MENINGISM; NECK PAIN; NEUROIMAGING; PAPILLEDEMA; SARCOIDOSIS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WHOLE BODY PET;

EID: 80054110926     PISSN: 03009009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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