primary cerebello-pontine angle melanoma: a case report

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Abstract

Intra-cranial melanomas are commonly metastatic from primary melanoma elsewhere in the body. The primary occurrence of a melanoma in the brain parenchyma is rare. We report a case of 38 year aged woman who presented with deviation of left eye and headache. On imaging, a space occupying lesion was found in the left Cerebello-pontine angle and a preoperative diagnosis of meningioma was made. She underwent left retro-mastoid sub-occipital craniectomy and excision of a black vascular tumor. Histopathological examination revealed a melanoma which was confirmed with Immunohistochemical assay. Search for dermal, mucous and ocular lesions were negative. She received adjuvant radiation to the post- operative tumor bed to 5400cGy in 30 fractions using Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy technique along with concurrent Temozolomide. She tolerated the treatment well and is symptom free 12 months after treatment. Primary Melanomas are rare lesions of the Cerebello-pontine angle and its radiological features, evaluation and management have been discussed.

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Cite this article as: Ponni A, Jagannatha A, Gururajachar J, Harjani R, Koushik K, Subramanian N, Sowmya R, Varma R. Primary cerebello-pontine angle melanoma: a case report. Int J Cancer Ther Oncol 2014; 2(3):020315. DOI: 10.14319/ijcto.0203.15

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Authors ;Arul TR Ponni;Aniruddha Thekkatte Jagannatha;Janaki Manur Gururajachar;Ritika Harjani;Kirthi AS Koushik;Nirmala Subramanian;Ramani Sowmya;Ravi Gopal Varma
Journal inflammatory bowel diseases
Year 2014
DOI
10.14319/ijcto.0203.15
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http://ijcto.org/index.php/IJCTO/article/view/135
Keywords
radiotherapy neurosurgery temozolomidemedicine

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