Primary meningeal melanocytic tumours: clinical features
Written and reviewed by Dr Ibrahim Imam, Consultant Neurologist. Last reviewed .
Primary meningeal melanocytic tumours: clinical features. Intracranial hypertension, Hydrocephalus. Fully referenced neurology checklist.
Clinical presentations
- Intracranial hypertension
- Hydrocephalus
- Subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH)
Neurological features
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Co-morbid systemic melanocytic lesions
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Differential diagnosis
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Complications
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References
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- Qazi SS, Shah SMI, Baqai MWS, Enam SA. Primary leptomeningeal melanoma in association with neurocutaneous melanosis: a case report. Surg Neurol Int 2022; 13:547.
- Sutton BJ, Tatter SB, Stanton CA, Mott RT. Leptomeningeal melanocytosis in an adult male without large congenital nevi: a rare and atypical case of neurocutaneous melanosis. Clin Neuropathol 2011; 30:178-182.
- Burgos R, Cardona AF, Santoyo N, et al. Case report: differential genomics and evolution of a meningeal melanoma treated with ipilimumab and nivolumab. Front Oncol 2022; 11:691017.
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