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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Indian Journal of Neurosurgery 2020; 9(03): 208-212
DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1708081
Case Report

A Rare Case of Primary Malignant Melanoma Presenting with Lower Extremity Weakness

Ehsan Alimohammadi 
1   Department of Neurosurgery, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Imam Reza Hospital, Kermanshah, Iran
,
Guive Sharifi 
2   Department of Neurosurgery, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Loghman Hakim Hospital, Tehran, Iran
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Abstract

The authors report a pathologically confirmed case of primary malignant melanoma located in the intradural lumbosacral area, which is extremely rare due to its atypical location and manifestation. However rare, primary malignant melanoma could present as an intradural tumor and cause neurological deficit.

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intramedullary tumor - melanoma - retroperitoneum


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Article published online:
07 April 2020

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