Intracranial and intraspinal meningeal melanocytosis

Authors
Painter, TJ Chaljub, G Sethi, R Singh, H Gelman, B
Citation
Tj. Painter et al., Intracranial and intraspinal meningeal melanocytosis, AM J NEUROR, 21(7), 2000, pp. 1349-1353
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Radiology ,Nuclear Medicine & Imaging","Neurosciences & Behavoir
Journal title
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF NEURORADIOLOGY
ISSN journal
01956108 → ACNP
Volume
21
Issue
7
Year of publication
2000
Pages
1349 - 1353
Database
ISI
SICI code
0195-6108(200008)21:7<1349:IAIMM>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
We describe a 35-year-old man with a history of remote closed head injury w ho presented with new neurologic deficits. A noncontrast head CT scan showe d hyperattenuation involving both temporal lobes, frontal lobes, basal meni nges, and cerebellum. A subsequent contrast-enhanced MR examination of the brain showed enhancement in the basal cisterns extending into the upper cer vical spine and throughout the spinal canal. Gross, histologic, and immunoh istochemical analysis revealed meningeal melanocytoma.