title: [Spinal meningeal melanocytoma simulating neurinoma: case report].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Neurocirugía, Hospital Universitario de Salamanca.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gonçalves
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Díaz
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Subhi-Issa
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Maillo
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Blanco
mesh_terms: 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