title: [Intracranial melanomas].
abstract: Brief survey of the present knowledges concerning the melanocyte, its localization in the CNS and its transformation in melanoma. Through a catamnestic study of patients with intracranial melanoma the symptomatology and evolution of these patients is analyzed. It is stressed the importance of the early recognition of this mortal disease.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000556:secondary; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008544:Melanocytes / Q000473:pathology; D008545:Melanoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000556:secondary; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary; D008875:Middle Aged; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology
vernacular_title: Los melanomas intracraneanos.