title: Magnetic resonance imaging of a malignant transformation of an intracranial cellular blue nevus. A case report.
abstract: As a follow-up to a case previously reported, a rare case of malignant transformation of cellular blue nevus (CBN) in the central nervous system preoperatively diagnosed by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is reported. On MRI, the malignant portion of the nevus was slightly hyperintense on both T1- and T2-weighted images. In contrast, the benign portion with a great deal of melanin was hyperintense on T1-weighted image and hypointense on T2-weighted image. MRI was useful and indispensable for detecting the malignant transformation of CBN.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Miyazaki Medical College, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ochiai
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nakano
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Miyahara
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Goya
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wakisaka
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kinoshita
mesh_terms: D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D002471:Cell Transformation, Neoplastic / Q000473:pathology*; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D009508:Nevus, Pigmented / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D012086:Reoperation