title: Epidermoid cyst with infiltrative malignant melanoma in the cerebellopontine angle.
abstract: We report a patient with an intracranial epidermoid cyst associated with malignant melanoma in the cerebellopontine angle. The CT, MRI and histopathological findings showed an intracranial epidermoid cyst with an adjacent infiltrating melanoma. Immunohistochemical staining of the solid tumour was positive for the melanoma marker HMB45 and negative for GFAP and cytokeratin. Both CT and MRI were helpful in this patient but the diagnosis could only be made on histopathology.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, QiLu Hospital Shandong University, Ji'nan, Shandong Province, 250012, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Fan-gang
authors.initials: FG
authors.lastname: Meng
authors.forename: Cheng-yuan
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Zhao-hua
authors.initials: ZH
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Shu-gan
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Yu-guang
authors.initials: YG
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D002526:Cerebellar Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D002528:Cerebellar Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D002530:Cerebellopontine Angle; D004814:Epidermal Cyst / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods