Primary malignant melanoma of the gasserian ganglion associated with neurofibromatosis.
A case of primary intracranial malignant melanoma of the left gasserian ganglion associated with temporal lobe gliosis in a patient suffering from von Recklinghausen's disease is reported. The association of primary malignant melanoma of the trigeminal nerve and neurofibromatosis is discussed.
Haddad
F S
FS
Division of Neurosurgery, American University of Beirut Medical Faculty, Lebanon.
Jamali
A F
AF
Rebeiz
J J
JJ
Fahl
M
M
Haddad
G F
GF
D000328:Adult; D003390:Cranial Nerve Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008545:Melanoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D009456:Neurofibromatosis 1 / Q000150:complications*; D012668:Trigeminal Ganglion