Primary Amelanotic CNS Melanoma: Case Report and Literature Review

Simon Mayer; Uwe Max Mauer; René Mathieu; Carsten Hackenbroch; Janine Knupfer; Chris Schulz

doi:10.1055/s-0037-1604326

Journal of Neurological Surgery Part A: Central European Neurosurgery, Table of Contents

J Neurol Surg A Cent Eur Neurosurg 2018; 79(01): 096-100
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1604326

Case Report

Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York

Primary Amelanotic CNS Melanoma: Case Report and Literature Review

Authors

Simon Mayer

¹Department of Neurosurgery, Bundeswehrkrankenhaus Ulm, Ulm, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Uwe Max Mauer

¹Department of Neurosurgery, Bundeswehrkrankenhaus Ulm, Ulm, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
René Mathieu

¹Department of Neurosurgery, Bundeswehrkrankenhaus Ulm, Ulm, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Carsten Hackenbroch

²Department of Radiology, Bundeswehrkrankenhaus Ulm, Ulm, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Janine Knupfer

³Department of Dermatology, Bundeswehrkrankenhaus Ulm, Ulm, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Chris Schulz

¹Department of Neurosurgery, Bundeswehrkrankenhaus Ulm, Ulm, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

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.

Keywords

primary - amelanotic - central nervous system - melanoma

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