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Intraventricular melanocytoma diagnosis confirmed by gene mutation profile.
Neuropathology : official journal of the Japanese Society of Neuropathology - 1 Jun 2018
Knappe Ulrich J, Tischoff Iris, Tannapfel Andrea, Reinbold Wolf-Dieter, Möller Inga, Sucker Antje, Schadendorf Dirk, Griewank Klaus G, van de Nes Johannes A P
Abstract excerpt
Primary leptomeningeal melanocytic tumors (PLMTs) are rare. They usually arise along the spinal cord and at the skull base. Here we report on a patient with a very rare intraventricular melanocytoma. Histologically, a melanocytic tumor was clearly diagnosed. However, to make the uncommon diagnosis of an intraventricular melanocytoma, metastatic melanoma needed to be excluded. Next generation sequencing covering...
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