Metastatic melanoma of the brain after spontaneous regression of the primary.
A 37-year-old man is described who presented with a large cerebral mass which proved to be a metastasis from a malignant melanoma. The primary tumour was most probably located on the scalp and regressed completely after trivial traumatization one year prior to CNS involvement.
D000328:Adult; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000556:secondary; D009365:Neoplasm Regression, Spontaneous; D012535:Scalp; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*