Primary spinal melanoma: A case report

xlomafota13 shared this article with you from Inoreader Primary spinal melanoma: A case report Via Sociedad Luso-Española de Neurocirugía Neurocirugia (Astur). 2021 Feb 10:S1130-1473(21)00004-X. doi: 10.1016/j.neucir.2020.12.003. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT Primary spinal cord melanoma is a rare disease that accounts for only 1% of all melanocytomas. Here we report a case of primary melanoma of the cervical spinal cord. In our case, 26-year-old female who were admitted to the hospital for left arm pain. Spinal magnetic resonance image (MRI) revealed a spinal cord tumor at the level of C2-3. The MRI images showed that the tumor compressed the spinal cord. At surgery, the spinal cord was under pressure and covered with shaped blackish brown neoplastic tissue. There were not any metastatic lesions. The patient is still alive six months after surgery. PMID:33581992 | DOI:10.1016/j.neucir.2020.12.003 View on the web Inoreader. Take back control of your news feed. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook.