Leptomeningeal Disease and Hydrocephalus as the First Presentation of Melanoma

We present a case of an 83-year-old man who developed acute hydrocephalus as the first presentation of leptomeningeal disease secondary to melanoma of unknown primary, which is an exceedingly rare subtype of melanoma, in addition to a very rare complication of malignancy in general, which was diagno...

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Autores principales: Sawalha, Ahmad, Alkilani, Huda
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
Materias:
Neurology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10476551/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37671077
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.44648
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description We present a case of an 83-year-old man who developed acute hydrocephalus as the first presentation of leptomeningeal disease secondary to melanoma of unknown primary, which is an exceedingly rare subtype of melanoma, in addition to a very rare complication of malignancy in general, which was diagnosed with imaging as well as cytology modalities. This presentation is rare and highlights the importance of recognizing this condition.
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spelling pubmed-104765512023-09-05 Leptomeningeal Disease and Hydrocephalus as the First Presentation of Melanoma Sawalha, Ahmad Alkilani, Huda Cureus Neurology We present a case of an 83-year-old man who developed acute hydrocephalus as the first presentation of leptomeningeal disease secondary to melanoma of unknown primary, which is an exceedingly rare subtype of melanoma, in addition to a very rare complication of malignancy in general, which was diagnosed with imaging as well as cytology modalities. This presentation is rare and highlights the importance of recognizing this condition. Cureus 2023-09-04 /pmc/articles/PMC10476551/ /pubmed/37671077 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.44648 Text en Copyright © 2023, Sawalha et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Leptomeningeal Disease and Hydrocephalus as the First Presentation of Melanoma
title Leptomeningeal Disease and Hydrocephalus as the First Presentation of Melanoma
title_full Leptomeningeal Disease and Hydrocephalus as the First Presentation of Melanoma
title_fullStr Leptomeningeal Disease and Hydrocephalus as the First Presentation of Melanoma
title_full_unstemmed Leptomeningeal Disease and Hydrocephalus as the First Presentation of Melanoma
title_short Leptomeningeal Disease and Hydrocephalus as the First Presentation of Melanoma
title_sort leptomeningeal disease and hydrocephalus as the first presentation of melanoma
topic Neurology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10476551/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37671077
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.44648
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