title: [Meningeal melanocytoma: a rare meningeal tumor].
abstract: Meningeal melanocytoma is a rare benign pigmented tumor. It develops from melanocytes normally present in the meninges of the posterior fossa and medulla. It is an extra axial tumor, that manifests due to compression of adjacent structures. The authors report a case of meningeal melanocytoma located at the foramen magnum. They insist on the characteristic paramagnetic signal of the tumor on the different MRI sequences.
authors.affiliation: Hôpital de jour de l'Ariana.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Châabane
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ellouze
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hamrouni
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Mlika
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ben Hammouda
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Khoudja
mesh_terms: D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005539:Foramen Magnum / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007089:Image Enhancement; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D008578:Meninges / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009508:Nevus, Pigmented / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed