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CEREBRAL METASTATIC MELANOMA PRESENTING AS SPASTIC PARAPARESIS
Author(s) -
STUART GORDON,
MERRY GLEN
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1979.tb06485.x
Subject(s) - medicine , malignancy , melanoma , metastatic melanoma , radiology , dermatology , surgery , pathology , cancer research
A case of bilateral deposits from melanoma in the posterior frontal parasagittal region of the brain is recorded. A mechanism to explain the mode of spread is suggested. C.T. head scanning in patients with disseminated malignancy should be considered prior to invasive investigations or major surgical procedures.