title: Neurocutaneous melanosis, neurofibromatosis and spinal meningioma: an unusual association.
abstract: The case of 38-year-old woman bearer of a congenital giant naevus "en pélerine" with numerous neurofibromas and other satellite naevi was reported: the patient was afflicted by spastic tetraparesis, more pronounced on the right side. MRIscan of the spine revealed the presence of a cervical spinal tumor shown histologically to be a psammomatous meningioma. The skin picture was consistent with neurocutaneous melanosis; the rarity of its association with neurofibromatosis and spinal meningioma is discussed in the light of embryologic arguments.
authors.affiliation: Università di Napoli, II Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia Clinica Neurologica I.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Barbieri
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Santangelo
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Indaco
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: De Furio
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Buscaino
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008548:Melanosis / Q000150:complications*; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D008579:Meningioma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D009456:Neurofibromatosis 1 / Q000150:complications*