Frontal brain metastasis of amelanotic malignant melanoma – case presentation
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چکیده
Amelanotic melanoma is met only in 28% of cases with malignant melanoma. The incidence of brain metastases in patients with malignant melanoma ranges from 643% of cases. Brain metastases are frequently associated with malignant melanoma after the intratumorale hemorrhage. We choose to present the case of 58-years-old men with a frontal brain metastasis of amelanotic malignant melanoma.
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