title: [Intraspinal melanocytoma in a 16-year old girl].
abstract: Meningeal melanocytomas are rare benign neoplasms of meningeal melanocytes, and are most frequently located in the posterior fossa and along the cervical spinal cord. We report a case of a 16 year-old girl with a melanocytoma located in the upper cervical part of the spinal canal. The patient presented severe neurological signs, but had a very good outcome following surgery.
authors.affiliation: Viborg Sygehus, neurologisk afdeling.
authors.forename: P V
authors.initials: PV
authors.lastname: Rasmussen
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Andersen
authors.forename: B P
authors.initials: BP
authors.lastname: Ulhøi
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008545:Melanoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D013115:Spinal Canal / Q000473:pathology*; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery