Spinal meningeal melanocytoma with benign histology showing leptomeningeal spread: Case report

Korean Journal of Radiology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 470-476

  Kim, Ok Hwa ^a   Kim, Seon Jeong ^a   Choo, Hye Jung ^a   Lee, Sun Joo ^a   Lee, In Sook ^b   Kim, Ji Yeon ^a   Kim, Hoon ^a  

^a Inje University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Pusan National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance imaging; Melanocytoma; Meninges; Neoplasm; Spine

Indexed keywords

KI 67 ANTIGEN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY HMB 45; PROTEIN S 100;

ADULT; ARM PAIN; ARM WEAKNESS; ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DUROTOMY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LAMINECTOMY; LEPTOMENINX; MALE; MELANOCYTOSIS; MENINGEAL MELANOCYTOMA; MENINGEAL METASTASIS; MENINGIOMA; NECK PAIN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSTRUCTIVE HYDROCEPHALUS; PARESTHESIA; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINAL CORD SURGERY;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MELANOCYTOMA; MENINGES; NEOPLASM; SPINE;

ADULT; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MELANOMA; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 84877955498     PISSN: 12296929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3348/kjr.2013.14.3.470     Document Type: Article

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