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KMID : 0376119920190020305
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Medical Journal of the Red Cross Hospital
1992 Volume.19 No. 2 p.305 ~ p.309
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Primary Intracranial Malignant Melanoma
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최정원
김성택/오창진/권익승/문명선
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Abstract
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Intracranial malignant melanomas are commonly secondarily metastatic from the other primary lesion but intracranial primary malignant melanomas are very rare in its incidence, and its clinical course and prognosis are very often different from
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metastatic(secondary) lesion. The 34 years old female was admitted tot he hospital because of headache, vomiting and visual disturbance for about 1 month. Neurological examination revealed only papilledema. Brain C. T. demonstrated the
heterogenous
high
density lesion with peritumoral low density in the left frontal lobe which was enhanced homogenosly by contrast media. The images of their C.T. was mimic the meningioma. We performed the craniotomy for total removal of tumor. The pathological
findings
revealed a malignant melanoma. We could not find the other melanomas in skin, eyes, GI system, lung etc and she was survived for 1 year and 9 month now, Following review of literatures we report the rate intracranial primary malignant melanoma.
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