Cerebellopontine angle meningeal melanocytoma: a benign tumor?

We report a case of a rare meningeal melanocytoma in the cerebellopontine angle. One year after tumor gross total removal, the patient suffered a sudden and devastating meningeal melanomatosis. The relevant literature is reviewed looking for the keys to establish preoperative diagnosis and to obtain...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Neurocirugía (Asturias, Spain) Spain), 2009-08, Vol.20 (4), p.372
Hauptverfasser:	González-Tortosa, J, Ferri-Níguez, B, Ros de San Pedro, J
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	spa
Schlagworte:	Antineoplastic Agents, Alkylating - therapeutic use Cerebellar Neoplasms - complications Cerebellar Neoplasms - diagnosis Cerebellar Neoplasms - drug therapy Cerebellar Neoplasms - pathology Cerebellar Neoplasms - surgery Cerebellopontine Angle - pathology Cerebellopontine Angle - surgery Diagnosis, Differential Disease Progression Fatal Outcome Gait Disorders, Neurologic - etiology Hearing Loss, Sensorineural - etiology Humans Magnetic Resonance Imaging Male Melanocytes - pathology Melanoma - diagnosis Melanoma - pathology Meningeal Neoplasms - complications Meningeal Neoplasms - diagnosis Meningeal Neoplasms - pathology Meningeal Neoplasms - surgery Middle Aged Neoplasm Invasiveness Neoplasm Recurrence, Local - drug therapy Neoplasm Recurrence, Local - pathology Neurilemmoma - diagnosis Nevus - complications Nevus - diagnosis Nevus - drug therapy Nevus - pathology Nevus - surgery Nitrosourea Compounds - therapeutic use Organophosphorus Compounds - therapeutic use
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Zusammenfassung:	We report a case of a rare meningeal melanocytoma in the cerebellopontine angle. One year after tumor gross total removal, the patient suffered a sudden and devastating meningeal melanomatosis. The relevant literature is reviewed looking for the keys to establish preoperative diagnosis and to obtain information about its treatment and postsurgical management.
ISSN:	1130-1473