Cervical Spinal Meningeal Melanocytoma Presenting as Intracranial Superficial Siderosis
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Cervical Spinal Meningeal Melanocytoma Presenting as Intracranial Superficial Siderosis
Meningeal melanocytoma is a rare pigmented tumor of the leptomeningeal melanocytes. This rare entity results in diagnostic difficulty in imaging unless clinical and histopathology correlation is performed. In this case report, we describe a case of meningeal melanocytoma of the cervical region presenting with superficial siderosis. Extensive neuroradiological examination is necessary to locate ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Case Reports in Radiology
سال: 2015
ISSN: 2090-6862,2090-6870
DOI: 10.1155/2015/674868