A case of intramedullary primary melanocytic tumor: meningeal melanocytomaor malignant melanoma?

Authors
Delhaye, M Menei, P Rousselet, MC Diabira, S Mercier, P
Citation
M. Delhaye et al., A case of intramedullary primary melanocytic tumor: meningeal melanocytomaor malignant melanoma?, NEUROCHIRE, 47(2-3), 2001, pp. 133-136
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Neurology
Journal title
NEUROCHIRURGIE
ISSN journal
00283770 → ACNP
Volume
47
Issue
2-3
Year of publication
2001
Part
1
Pages
133 - 136
Database
ISI
SICI code
0028-3770(200105)47:2-3<133:ACOIPM>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
We report case of an intramedullary thoracic primary melanocytic tumor. Of the leptomeninges in a 38-year-old woman. According to the WHO classificati on, the lesion showed the histological features of a meningeal melanocytoma . Two local recurrences were successively operated on, two and three years after the first surgery respectively. The patient died of a subarachnoidian dissemination after a fours year coarse.