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Case Reports
. 2021 Feb 10:S1130-1473(21)00004-X.
doi: 10.1016/j.neucir.2020.12.003. Online ahead of print.

Primary spinal melanoma: A case report

[Article in English, Spanish]
Serhat Cömert  1 , Hasan Özgür Özdemir  2
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Case Reports

Primary spinal melanoma: A case report

[Article in English, Spanish]
Serhat Cömert et al. Neurocirugia (Engl Ed). .

Abstract

Primary spinal cord melanoma is a rare disease that accounts for only 1% of all melanocytomas. Here we report a case of primary melanoma of the cervical spinal cord. In our case, 26-year-old female who were admitted to the hospital for left arm pain. Spinal magnetic resonance image (MRI) revealed a spinal cord tumor at the level of C2-3. The MRI images showed that the tumor compressed the spinal cord. At surgery, the spinal cord was under pressure and covered with shaped blackish brown neoplastic tissue. There were not any metastatic lesions. The patient is still alive six months after surgery.

Keywords: Melanoma; Médula espinal; Spinal cord.

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