Malignant melanoma multiple intracranial metastasis associated with congenital giant melanocytic nevus
| Autor: | Ali Savas, Kagan Tun, Esra Erden, Celal Bagdatoglu, E. Arasıl, Sukru Caglar, Yücel Kanpolat |
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| Rok vydání: | 2002 |
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Male Pathology medicine.medical_specialty Stereotactic biopsy Skin Neoplasms Congenital giant melanocytic nevus Metastasis Central nervous system disease Fatal Outcome Seizures medicine Nevus Humans Melanoma Nevus Pigmented medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Brain Neoplasms Melanocytic nevus medicine.disease Magnetic Resonance Imaging Surgery Neurology (clinical) Neurosurgery business |
| Zdroj: | Acta neurochirurgica. 143(12) |
| ISSN: | 0001-6268 |
| Popis: | Malignant melanoma is placed among central nervous system metastases as the third most common following lung and breast cancers [1]. Our case of multiple intracranial malignant melanoma metastases originating from a giant congenital naevus is very rare. In the literature, almost all the cases had undergone open surgery for de®nite histological diagnosis, however in our case the diagnosis was by stereotactic biopsy. |
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