title: Melanotic meningioma. Report of a case and review of the literature.
abstract: Melanotic tumours of the central nervous system constitute a group of expanding lesions whose prognosis is variable, depending upon their histopathological nature. The report of this case of melanotic meningioma finds its interest in the exceptional nature of this type of tumour and in the difficulty of ascertaining whether it is benign or malignant.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008543:Melanins / Q000378:metabolism; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008578:Meninges / Q000473:pathology; D008579:Meningioma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008854:Microscopy, Electron
chemical_list: D008543:Melanins