Cerebellar amelanotic melanoma can mimic cerebellar abscess in a pediatric case of neurocutaneous melanosis

Enricomaria Mormina; Sergio Lucio Vinci; Alessandra Coglitore; Carmela Visalli; Agostino Tessitore; Marco Cavallaro; Karol Galletta; Francesca Granata

doi:10.1002/ccr3.3926

Cerebellar amelanotic melanoma can mimic cerebellar abscess in a pediatric case of neurocutaneous melanosis

Clin Case Rep. 2021 Feb 12;9(4):1999-2006. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.3926. eCollection 2021 Apr.

Authors

Enricomaria Mormina¹, Sergio Lucio Vinci¹, Alessandra Coglitore¹, Carmela Visalli¹, Agostino Tessitore¹, Marco Cavallaro¹, Karol Galletta¹, Francesca Granata¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Biomedical and Dental Sciences and of Morphofunctional Imaging University of Messina Messina Italy.

Abstract

Neurocutaneous melanosis (NCM) is a rare phakomatosis that may be associated with intracerebral masses. The differential diagnosis of intracerebral masses in NCM is often challenging and should include pigmented and nonpigmented lesions.

Keywords: adolescent medicine; neurology; paediatrics.

Publication types

Case Reports