title: Aggressive solitary intracranial metastatic malignant melanoma from a primary mediastinal tumour.
abstract: Malignant melanoma is the third most common tumour to cause cerebral metastases, following breast and lung cancer. Central nervous system metastases occur in 10-40% of patients with melanoma. Intracranial metastasis from a primary malignant melanoma of the anterior mediastinum is uncommon. We report a case of solitary intracranial metastatic melanoma arising from a primary mediastinal tumour. We then discuss the clinico-radiological features and treatment options.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Neurosurgery, Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Medical Sciences, India laxminadh.sivaraju@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Laxminadh
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Sivaraju
authors.affiliation: Departments of Neurosurgery, Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Medical Sciences, India.
authors.forename: Saritha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Aryan
authors.affiliation: Departments of Radiodiagnosis, Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Medical Sciences, India.
authors.forename: Vinay S
authors.initials: VS
authors.lastname: Hegde
authors.affiliation: Departments of Pathology, Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Medical Sciences, India.
authors.forename: Nandita
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ghosal
authors.affiliation: Departments of Neurosurgery, Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Medical Sciences, India.
authors.forename: Alangar S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Hegde
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D008545:Melanoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D010211:Papilledema / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D015898:Tomography Scanners, X-Ray Computed
keywords: Intracranial metastatic melanoma; malignancy; mediastinal tumour