Unusual Tonsillar Herniation in Meningeal Melanocytoma: A Case Report
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Unusual Tonsillar Herniation in Meningeal Melanocytoma: A Case Report
Meningeal melanocytoma is a primary melanocytic neoplasm with certain MR and immunohistochemical characteristics worthy to note. In a 38-year-old man with a complaint of headache for a couple of years and recently added nausea, vomiting, diplopia, progressive visual blurring and hearing loss, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was remarkable for T1 shortening of leptomeninges and certain nodules ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Iranian Journal of Radiology
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1735-1065,2008-2711
DOI: 10.5812/iranjradiol.8766