Malignant melanoma of the cerebello-pontine angle region.
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A case of malignant melanoma in the cerebello-pontine angle region is presented in a 72 year old female patient, who had neurological examination and CT scan suggestive of acoustic neuroma. The surgical finding and the histological examination provided the diagnosis. As a primary focus was not found on clinical examination and although autopsy was not carried out, there is a possibility of the diagnosis being a primary malignant melanoma in CNS. This specific location for this kind of tumor was found to be rare when literature is looked up.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria
دوره 47 4 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1989