Neurocutaneous melanosis with malignant leptomeningeal melanoma. A case with metastases outside the nervous system.
A case of neurocutaneous melanosis with malignant leptomeningeal melanoma was seen in a black man. The presence of extracranial metastases was noted, and evidence is presented favoring the central nervous system as the primary source.
D000328:Adult; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D008548:Melanosis / Q000150:complications*; D008578:Meninges / Q000473:pathology; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D009508:Nevus, Pigmented / Q000150:complications*; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000209:etiology