title: [Primary amelanotic meningeal melanomatosis].
abstract: Primary melanocytic lesions of the central nervous system are rare. The spread of melanoma cells primarily into the meningeal layers is referred to as meningeal melanomatosis. A few case reports about either intracranial or intraspinal primary meningeal melanoma were published in the past. The amelanotic variation of primary melanoma in the central nervous system is a very rare event and so far no cases of primary amelanotic meningeal melanomatosis have been described in the current literature. We present a case with combined multiple intracranial and intraspinal primary malignant amelanotic melanomas.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung Neurochirurgie, Bundeswehrkrankenhaus Ulm. chr74@gmx.de
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Schulz
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Waldeck
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D018328:Melanoma, Amelanotic / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed