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“Double Headed” – Primary Giant Intracranial Melanoma
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
medical and clinical research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2577-8005
DOI - 10.33140/mcr.05.10.13
Subject(s) - scalp , medicine , family history , magnetic resonance imaging , consanguinity , melanoma , medical history , past medical history , dermatology , surgery , radiology , pediatrics , cancer research
A16 years old male admitted to the hospital complaining of headache, loss of vision and swelling of the upper part of the scalp. With four months’ history of headache, weightloss, gradual loss of vision and rapidly growing mass on his scalp. His past medical history was unremarkable. There is no known consanguinity or family history of melanoma or atypical melanocytic nevus. Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the brain demonstrated ahuge heterogeneous enhancing mass in the left fronto-parietal lobe