Primary Amelanotic CNS Melanoma: Case Report and Literature Review

J Neurol Surg A Cent Eur Neurosurg. 2018 Jan;79(1):96-100. doi: 10.1055/s-0037-1604326. Epub 2017 Jul 27.

Abstract

Primary malignant melanomas of the central nervous system (CNS) are rarely seen entities in the clinical routine. Primary amelanotic melanomas are even rarer. In our literature review, we found only six case reports of primary amelanotic CNS melanomas. Our case report describes the course of a 71-year-old man with a primary amelanotic CNS melanoma with secondary spread to the spine.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Cerebellar Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Cerebellar Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Cerebellar Neoplasms / surgery
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Melanoma, Amelanotic / diagnostic imaging
  • Melanoma, Amelanotic / secondary*
  • Melanoma, Amelanotic / surgery
  • Spinal Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Spinal Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Spinal Neoplasms / surgery