Intracranial meningeal melanocytoma: a report of two cases and a review of the literature

Sujit S. Prabhu; Patrick G. Lynch; Andrew J. Keogh; Harshad C. Parekh

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Intracranial meningeal melanocytoma: a report of two cases and a review of the literature

Sujit S. Prabhu, Patrick G. Lynch, Andrew J. Keogh, Harshad C. Parekh

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Abstract

Two rare cases of intracranial meningeal melanocytoma are reported with clinical, radiologic, and pathologic findings. In one of these the diagnosis was established by ultrastructural studies that showed premelanosomes and melanosomes in nonarachnoid-derived tumor cells. The other case was diagnosed retrospectively after a very long survival and is still alive 35 years after total excision and radiotherapy. The occurrence of these tumors in the cerebellopontine angle is rare as seen in our case.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	516-521
Number of pages	6
Journal	Surgical Neurology
Volume	40
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0090-3019(93)90058-9
State	Published - Dec 1993
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Intracranial tumors
Meningeal melanocytoma
Pigmented meningioma

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Surgery
Clinical Neurology

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