title: Melanotic choroid plexus carcinoma of the posterior fossa.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The pigmented or melanotic variant of choroid plexus carcinoma is very rarely encountered.
  
  
  METHODS
  We report herein a case of melanotic or pigmented choroid plexus carcinoma in the posterior fossa of an 11-year-old female.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A histopathological study supported by immunohistochemistry helped the authors to diagnose this rare entity. How to differentiate this tumor from pigmented papillary medulloblastoma, cerebellar papillary ependymoma, and metastatic malignant melanoma is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, SCB Medical College, Cuttack, Orissa, India. kalpalata_tripathy@ yahoo.co.in
authors.forename: Kalpalata
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tripathy
authors.forename: Aparijita
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Misra
authors.forename: Debiprasad
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Misra
authors.forename: Sujata
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pujari
authors.forename: Manjushree
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nayak
authors.forename: Jayshree
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rath