[Spinal meningeal melanocytoma simulating neurinoma: case report].
Meningeal melanocytomas are infrequent tumors that when located in the spinal cord and because of their close relationship to the nerve root can resemble a neurinoma. The MRl can help to differentiate them from the neurinomas preoperatively. The case of a female patient harboring a cervical meningeal melanocytoma involving the C7 nerve root, and diagnosed preoperatively as an hourglass neurinoma is presented.
Gonçalves
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Servicio de Neurocirugía, Hospital Universitario de Salamanca.
Díaz
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Subhi-Issa
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Maillo
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Blanco
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D000293:Adolescent; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008579:Meningioma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery