A 63-year-old man with right hemiparesis was found (on MRI) to have an expansive intramedullary tumorous lesion at the C2-C3 level. After complete neurosurgical tumor resection, the tumor was histologically categorized as an intermediate grade of intramedullary melanocytoma, an uncommon neoplasm. Based on this peculiar case and review of the literature, radical surgical resection appears to be ...

A 38-year-old man admitted with headache, left paresis and bilateral sensorineural hearing loss. Neuroimaging showed a peripheral frontal tumor with hyperintensity on T1WI and bilateral internal auditory canal (IAC) lesions. (Figures 1, 2 and 3). The presence of hyperintensity on T1WI, without fat or hemorrhage should direct for lesions containing melanin1. Resection of the frontal tumor diagno...