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Neurocutaneous melanosis is an extremely rare disease characterized by large or multiple congenital melanocytic nevi and benign or malignant proliferation of melanocytes in the central nervous system. Neurological manifestations usually develop during the first three years of life and the prognosis
Neurocutaneous melanosis (NCM) is a rare congenital syndrome characterized by the presence of multiple congenital melanocytic nevi and the proliferation of melanocytes in the central nervous system. The authors present a 9-year-old Chinese boy whose clinical manifestations are intermittent headache
The authors reported the clinical course and the postmortem examination of a unique case of neurocutaneous melanosis with numerous anomalies and complications, which included congenital dislocation of lenses, hypogonadism, ectopia of prostatic duct, genuine phimose, retentio testis, psina bifida and
A 65-year-old female with congenital giant, hairy and pigmented nevus developed sudden onset of headache and consciousness disturbance. CT scan revealed a high density mass in the right temporal subcortical region. The high density area suggested hematoma. A right temporal craniotomy was performed.
Neurocutaneous melanosis (NCM) is a rare congenital noninheritable phacomatosis characterized by large and/or numerous cutaneous congenital melanocytic naevi (CMN) in combination with melanocytic leptomeningeal tumours. Dandy-Walker malformation (DWM) consists of a cystic dilatation of the fourth
BACKGROUND
Tranexamic acid (TXA) has been used orally, intravenously, topically and intradermally (microinjection, microneedling) for treating melasma. However, the comparative efficacy of these different routes of administration remains underevaluated.
OBJECTIVE
To ascertain the comparative
BACKGROUND
Neurocutaneous melanosis is a rare phakomatosis characterized by large or multiple pigmented nevi and melanosis of the leptomeninges. It is often complicated by hydrocephalus due to melanotic deposits interfering with cerebrospinal fluid reabsorption in the basal cisterns or causing
A 35-year-old male presented with a variant of neurocutaneous melanosis with leptomeningeal malignant melanoma. He had three pigmented nevi from birth. He suffered diplopia followed by headache. T1-weighted magnetic resonance (MR) imaging revealed hydrocephalus and a small linear hyperintense lesion
OBJECTIVE
Pituitary gland tumors that became aggressive, implying adjacent bone structure and the brain as metastases outside of the cranial box, are referred to as pituitary carcinomas.
METHODS
We reviewed 67 cases reported in the literature [44 corticotropic pituitary tumors, 11 PRL tumors, 3 GH
Primary melanin-producing tumors are rare extra-axial neoplasms OPEN of the central nervous system. In the literature, few case reports have discussed neoplasms involving the cavernous sinus; of these, only 4 have reported on neoplasms originating in Meckel cave. The diagnostic In two female patients chronic mercurialism following topical application of skin bleachers for the treatment of freckles was diagnosed. Over 20 to 25 years 3 to 10% mercurial ointments were applied twice daily. Recurrent attacks of headache, dyspnoea and abdominal colic-like cramps had lead
BACKGROUND
Headache opposite to a blue nevus of the scalp can reveal intra cranial melanotic lesions.
METHODS
A 25-year-old man caucasian was admitted to hospital for a first generalized tonic-clonic seizure. For six months, he has had episodic frontal-temporal right headache opposite to a blue
BACKGROUND
Meningeal melanocytomas are rare benign pigmented tumors of meningeal melanocytes. Nevus of Ota is a melanocytic pigmentation of the sclera and the skin adjacent to the eye. We report a rare case of parietal convexity meningeal melanocytoma associated with ipsilateral mucocutaneous