Open AccessJune 2002: 57‐year‐old male with leptomeningeal and liver tumors
Author(s) -
Koenigsmann Monika,
Jautzke Günther,
Unger Matthias,
ThéallierJanko Agota,
Wiegel Thomas,
StoltenburgDidinger Gisela
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
brain pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.986
H-Index - 132
eISSN - 1750-3639
pISSN - 1015-6305
DOI - 10.1111/j.1750-3639.2002.tb00472.x
Subject(s) - medicine , citation , library science , history , computer science
The June 2002 COM. A male patient presented at the age of 57 years with a benign meningeal melanocytoma. Eight years later, the patient had a local recurrence of the tumor, cerebral metastases and liver metastases. This demonstrates that a correct diagnosis of melanocytic CNS tumors remains a challenge together with elucidating predictive markers for biological behavior. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case of a melanocytoma associated with hepatic metastasis.