title: [Cerebellopontine angle meningeal melanocytoma: a benign tumor?].
abstract: We report a case of a rare meningeal melanocytoma in the cerebellopontine angle. One year after tumor gross total removal, the patient suffered a sudden and devastating meningeal melanomatosis. The relevant literature is reviewed looking for the keys to establish preoperative diagnosis and to obtain information about its treatment and postsurgical management.
authors.affiliation: Servicios de Neurocirugía, Hospital Universitario Virgen de la Arrixaca, Murcia. tortosa@ctv.es
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: González-Tortosa
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ferri-Níguez
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ros de San Pedro
mesh_terms: D018906:Antineoplastic Agents, Alkylating / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002528:Cerebellar Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D002530:Cerebellopontine Angle / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D018450:Disease Progression; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D020233:Gait Disorders, Neurologic / Q000209:etiology; D006319:Hearing Loss, Sensorineural / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008544:Melanocytes / Q000473:pathology*; D008545:Melanoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000175:diagnosis; D009506:Nevus / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D009607:Nitrosourea Compounds / Q000627:therapeutic use; D009943:Organophosphorus Compounds / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D018906:Antineoplastic Agents, Alkylating; D009607:Nitrosourea Compounds; D009943:Organophosphorus Compounds; C054368:fotemustine