title: Cauda equina melanoma presenting with subarachnoid hemorrhage. A case report.
abstract: The case of a 57-year-old woman with a primary melanoma of the cauda equina is reported. The peculiarity of the case is the very rare clinical presentation mimicking a subarachnoid hemorrhage. The patient underwent surgical excision of the mass. The clinicopathological and neuroradiological features are summarized.
authors.affiliation: Neurosurgical Department, V. Fazzi Hospital, Lecce, Italy. a.montinaro@libero.it
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Montinaro
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Cantisani
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Punzi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: D'Agostino
mesh_terms: D002420:Cauda Equina / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006261:Headache / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D007796:Laminectomy; D017116:Low Back Pain / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008545:Melanoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009325:Nausea / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000473:pathology; D011128:Polyradiculopathy / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D013345:Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013346:Subarachnoid Space / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology