Abstract
The authors present a case illustrating the importance of obtaining a biopsy of any facial skin lesions in a patient presenting with an intracranial tumor involving the facial or trigeminal nerve. Conventional malignant melanoma metastasizes to the brain frequently and does not usually pose diagnostic difficulties. Direct intracranial spread of cutaneous melanoma is rare. In our patient, desmoplastic melanoma with perineural spread to the Meckel cave mimicked a malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor clinically, radiographically, and histologically.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 273-277 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Journal of neurosurgery |
Volume | 115 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Aug 2011 |
Keywords
- Meckel cave
- Neurogenic sarcoma
- Perineural spread
- Skull base tumor
- Spindle cell melanoma
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Surgery
- Clinical Neurology