| 篇名 |
Primary cervical spine melanoma |
| 作者 |
Chih‑Ming Hu, Cheng‑Neng Chen, Kuo‑Hua Hung, Ming‑Shiang Yang, Kuan‑Ju Lai |
| 卷期/出版年月 |
51卷3期 (2018/6) |
| 頁次 |
125-128 |
| 摘要 |
Primary spinal melanoma is too rare to have any systemic statistical data on the epidemiology of this disease. We report a 58‑year‑old woman presented with spastic gait for 10 days, preceded by chronic pain at her left anterior chest that progressively spread to her neck, left shoulder, and arm in half a year. Cervical magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) displayed a well‑enhancing focal intraspinal extramedullary tumor at C6/7 level. After surgical resection of the tumor and thorough studies to exclude extraspinal melanoma, the primary spinal melanoma is diagnosed. Postoperative MRI did not disclose any evidence of recurrence at 4 and 21 months later. We present the clinical, radiological, and pathological features of a patient with a primary cervical extramedullary spinal melanoma. |
| 關鍵詞 |
Intradural extramedullary, primary melanoma, prognosis, spinal cord tumor |
| 分類 |
Case Report |
