Cavernous sinus melanoma: A rare tumor
| Autor: | Shaileshkumar Garge, Sunithi Mani, Alfred Inbaraj, Vedantam Rajshekhar, Priyanka Mohapatra |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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| Zdroj: | Indian Journal of Radiology and Imaging, Vol 27, Iss 01, Pp 43-45 (2017) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 0971-3026 1998-3808 |
| DOI: | 10.4103/0971-3026.202970 |
| Popis: | Primay melanoma of the cavernous sinus is very rare with only few cases reported in the literature. We present the cross-sectional imaging findings of this rare tumor. The differential diagnosis for cavernous sinus mass lesion is wide as it contains vital neurovascular structures that may be affected by vascular, neoplastic, infective, and infiltrative lesions arising in the cavernous sinus proper or via extension from adjacent intra and/or extracranial regions. Radiologic imaging can narrow the differential diagnosis, however, imaging cannot definitely reach single diagnosis if they present in atypical form with hemorrage and cystic degeneration. This case report illustrates that primary cavernous sinus melanoma may present as a atypical tumor with diagnostic dilemma. |
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