Spinal meningeal melanocytoma in a 5-year-old child: a case report and review of literature

Abstract Background Meningeal melanocytoma is considered a rare lesion arising from leptomeningeal melanocytes. Nearly two thirds of meningeal melanocytomas were reported in the intracranial compartment and the remaining one third in the spine. Spinal melanocytomas can be extradural or intradural, w...

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Main Authors: Ahmed M. Salah El-Din, Hashem M. Aboul-Ela, Mohamed F. Alsawy, Ahmed Koheil, Ahmed H. Ashry
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2018-05-01
Series:The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s41983-018-0017-z