Cervical Spinal Meningeal Melanocytoma Presenting as Intracranial Superficial Siderosis

  • Savitha Srirama Jayamma
  • Seema Sud
  • TBS Buxi
  • VS Madan
  • Ashish Goyal
  • Shashi Dhawan
Publication date
January 2015
Publisher
Hindawi Limited
ISSN
2090-6862
Journal
issn:2090-6870

Abstract

Meningeal melanocytoma is a rare pigmented tumor of the leptomeningeal melanocytes. This rare entity results in diagnostic difficulty in imaging unless clinical and histopathology correlation is performed. In this case report, we describe a case of meningeal melanocytoma of the cervical region presenting with superficial siderosis. Extensive neuroradiological examination is necessary to locate the source of the bleeding in such patients. Usually, the patient will be cured by the complete surgical excision of the lesion

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