title: Primary cerebello-pontine angle malignant melanoma: a case report.
abstract: A rare case of primary malignant melanoma in the cerebello-pontine angle, in a 17 year old girl is presented. The patient presented with one month history of headache, diplopia, facial asymmetry and ataxia. The computerised tomography (CT) scan and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed a large cerebello-pontine angle mass with features suggestive of a melanoma. The typical black coloured, solid and vascular melanoma was excised completely. Cerebello-pontine angle melanoma are extremely rare tumours with dismal long term outcome in majority of these cases.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Neurosurgery and Neuropathology, K.E.M. Hospital and Seth G.S. Medical College, Parel, Mumbai, 400 012, India.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Desai
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Dindorkar
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Goel
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shenoy
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D002530:Cerebellopontine Angle; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008545:Melanoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed