Meningeal melanocytoma in the left frontal region.
We report a rare case of meningeal melanocytoma in the left frontal region. A 45-year-old man complained of a headache. Magnetic resonance (MR) scanning showed characteristic patterns: a slightly high signal intensity mass in the left frontal region on the T1-weighted image and a low signal intensity on the T2-weighted image. The patient underwent gross total removal of the tumor. The postoperative course was uneventful. After two years, there was a small local recurrence. The histological finding of the tumor showed meningeal melanocytoma. To our knowledge, this is the second published report of a meningeal melanocytoma in the supratentorial region.
Kawaguchi
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Department of Neurosurgery, Fukuoka Tokusyukai Hospital, Kasuga, Japan.
Kawano
T
T
Kazekawa
K
K
Nakashima
S
S
Honma
T
T
Kaneko
Y
Y
Koizumi
T
T
Dousaka
A
A
Kishikawa
M
M
D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon