Primary diffuse meningeal melanomatosis – a rare form of meningeal melanoma: case report
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Primary diffuse meningeal melanomatosis: radiologic-pathologic correlation.
We report a case of primary diffuse meningeal melanomatosis, a rare variant of primary malignant melanoma of the CNS, in a 68-year-old woman. The disease mimicked intracranial hypotension syndrome and was diagnosed only at autopsy (CSF cytologic results were negative). CT revealed hydrocephalus with effacement of the cerebral convexity sulci and abnormal contrast enhancement in the right sylvia...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Neurology
سال: 2019
ISSN: 1471-2377
DOI: 10.1186/s12883-019-1460-x