title: Meningeal melanoma associated with nevus of Ota: case report and review.
abstract: A case report is presented of a 30-year old woman with a primary meningeal melanoma associated with an ipsilateral nevus of Ota (oculodermal melanosis). Nine similar cases described in the literature are reviewed including additional personal communications after follow-up of three of these patients. The mean age of the patients is 42 years. In half of these tumors a dural attachment has been documented, the present case included. All patients with a dural melanoma were alive at least 2 years and 4 months after the primary craniotomy with a maximal survival of 8 years.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, De Wever Hospital, Heerlen, Netherlands.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Theunissen
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Spincemaille
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pannebakker
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lambers
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003230:Conjunctival Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D004388:Dura Mater / Q000473:pathology; D005142:Eyelid Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques; D008545:Melanoma / Q000473:pathology*; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D016609:Neoplasms, Second Primary / Q000473:pathology*; D009507:Nevus of Ota / Q000473:pathology*; D009418:S100 Proteins / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D009418:S100 Proteins