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. 1998 Oct;89(4):659-66.
doi: 10.3171/jns.1998.89.4.0659.

Primary cervical melanoma with brain metastases. Case report and review of the literature

F M Salpietro  1 , C Alafaci, O Gervasio, G La Rosa, A Baio, D C Francolini, D Batolo, F Tomasello
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Primary cervical melanoma with brain metastases. Case report and review of the literature

F M Salpietro et al. J Neurosurg. 1998 Oct.

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.

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  • Primary melanoma.
    Savitz MH. Savitz MH. J Neurosurg. 1999 Mar;90(3):609-10. doi: 10.3171/jns.1999.90.3.0609. J Neurosurg. 1999. PMID: 10067943 No abstract available.

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