[Neurocutaneous melanosis: autopsy study of a case].
The clinical, radiological and autopsy features of a 5-month-old child with neurocutaneous melanosis are described. The patient had multiple disseminated benign cutaneous nevi. The pneumoencephalogram showed non-obstructive hydrocephalus. The patient died at the third day of hospitalization and autopsy was performed. A mild hydrocephalus and melanic specks in cerebellum and in the brainstem were disclosed.
D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology; D002531:Cerebellum / Q000473:pathology; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000209:etiology; D007223:Infant; D008548:Melanosis / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D009508:Nevus, Pigmented / Q000209:etiology
Melanose neurocutânea: estudo autópsico de um caso.