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Primary cervical melanoma with brain metastases - Case report and review of the literature
- Publication Year :
- 1998
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Abstract
- ✓ Primary intramedullary melanoma is a very rare tumor that occurs most frequently in the middle or lower thoracic spinal cord. The authors present a case of primary cervical cord melanoma that developed in a 62-year-old man who was surgically treated and subsequently underwent radiation therapy. Clinical and histogenetic features of this neoplasm and results of chemo-, radio-, and immunotherapy are reported. Both “dysembryogenetic” and “mesodermal” hypotheses on the origin of primary spinal melanoma are discussed.
- Subjects :
- Male
Pathology
medicine.medical_specialty
medicine.medical_treatment
Metastasis
Central nervous system disease
Fatal Outcome
medicine
Humans
Neoplasm
Spinal Cord Neoplasms
Cobalt Radioisotopes
Melanoma
Neoplasm Staging
Brain Neoplasms
business.industry
Middle Aged
medicine.disease
Radiation therapy
Intramedullary lesionMelanomaSpinal cord tumor
Spinal cord tumor
Cervical Vertebrae
Radiotherapy, Adjuvant
Radiopharmaceuticals
Cervical Melanoma
Complication
business
Follow-Up Studies
Subjects
Details
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....eb6784913aa320884463457a7508aaae