title: Neurological picture. Ascending paralysis from malignant leptomeningeal melanomatosis.
authors.affiliation: Division of Neurosurgery, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.
authors.forename: Anthony M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Burrows
authors.forename: Thomas W
authors.initials: TW
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: Wiley R
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: Hall
authors.forename: Julie G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Pilitsis
mesh_terms: D000212:Acyclovir / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000328:Adult; D000998:Antiviral Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D020803:Encephalitis, Herpes Simplex / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000821:virology; D004830:Epilepsy, Tonic-Clonic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000150:complications*; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D020335:Paraparesis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D011782:Quadriplegia / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D014696:Ventriculostomy / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D000998:Antiviral Agents; D000212:Acyclovir