[Melanocytoma and meningeal melanocytosis, similar but different lesions].

نویسندگان

  • Felipe Padilla-Vázquez
  • Víctor Hugo Escobar-de la Garma
  • Arturo Ayala-Arcipreste
  • Rafael Mendizábal-Guerra
  • Teresa Cuesta-Mejía
چکیده

BACKGROUND Meningeal melanomatosis is an extra-axial well-encapsulated malignant tumour with diffuse meningeal growth and dark coloration (due to high melanin contents), while meningeal melanocytoma is the focalized benign variant. Melanocytic lesions may be secondary to melanoma or be histologically benign, however, their diffuse nature makes them impossible to cure. Melanocytosis is a diffuse tumour that can form solitary extra-axial tumours, which invades the parenchyma and presents signs of malignancy with increased mitosis and Ki67, observed in 1 to 6% of immunopathological exams. Melanoma of the leptomeninges, presents signs of malignancy with anaplastic cells, which cluster in fascicles of melanin in the cytoplasm, with more than 3 atypical mitoses per field and Ki67 presenting in more than 6% of the immunopathological fields analysed. CLINICAL CASE We present the case of a patient with long-term meningeal melanomatosis, with progressive neurologic deficit and characteristic radiologic features, and another case of meningeal melanocytoma. CONCLUSIONS Benign melanocytic neoplasms of the central nervous system must be treated aggressively in the early phases with strict follow-up to avoid progression to advanced phases that do not respond to any treatment method. Unfortunately, the prognosis for malignant melanocytic lesions is very poor irrespective of the method of treatment given.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Cirugia y cirujanos

دوره 85 3  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2017