Primary Thoracic Epidural Melanoma : A Case Report

A 68-year-old woman with progressive paraparesis and altered sensation lasting approximately five days was admitted to our clinic. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed an advanced stage T7-8 epidural mass ventral to the spinal cord, which was believed to be a metastatic tumor considering the pa...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Jo, Kwang-Wook, Kim, Seong-Rim, Kim, Sang-Don, Park, Ik-Seong
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Korean Society of Spine Surgery 2010
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2900169/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20622955
http://dx.doi.org/10.4184/asj.2010.4.1.48
_version_ 1782183596942950400
author Jo, Kwang-Wook
Kim, Seong-Rim
Kim, Sang-Don
Park, Ik-Seong
author_facet Jo, Kwang-Wook
Kim, Seong-Rim
Kim, Sang-Don
Park, Ik-Seong
author_sort Jo, Kwang-Wook
collection PubMed
description A 68-year-old woman with progressive paraparesis and altered sensation lasting approximately five days was admitted to our clinic. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed an advanced stage T7-8 epidural mass ventral to the spinal cord, which was believed to be a metastatic tumor considering the patient's age. A highly enhanced epidural mass and pedicle appeared during the MR scan. However, the pathologic findings were compatible with the diagnosis of a primary meningeal melanocytic tumor. Primary epidural melanomas are extremely rare lesions. This case was finally diagnosed as a primary thoracic spinal epidural melanoma.
format Text
id pubmed-2900169
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2010
publisher Korean Society of Spine Surgery
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-29001692010-07-09 Primary Thoracic Epidural Melanoma : A Case Report Jo, Kwang-Wook Kim, Seong-Rim Kim, Sang-Don Park, Ik-Seong Asian Spine J Case Report A 68-year-old woman with progressive paraparesis and altered sensation lasting approximately five days was admitted to our clinic. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed an advanced stage T7-8 epidural mass ventral to the spinal cord, which was believed to be a metastatic tumor considering the patient's age. A highly enhanced epidural mass and pedicle appeared during the MR scan. However, the pathologic findings were compatible with the diagnosis of a primary meningeal melanocytic tumor. Primary epidural melanomas are extremely rare lesions. This case was finally diagnosed as a primary thoracic spinal epidural melanoma. Korean Society of Spine Surgery 2010-06 2010-04-26 /pmc/articles/PMC2900169/ /pubmed/20622955 http://dx.doi.org/10.4184/asj.2010.4.1.48 Text en Copyright © 2010 by Korean Society of Spine Surgery http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Case Report
Jo, Kwang-Wook
Kim, Seong-Rim
Kim, Sang-Don
Park, Ik-Seong
Primary Thoracic Epidural Melanoma : A Case Report
title Primary Thoracic Epidural Melanoma : A Case Report
title_full Primary Thoracic Epidural Melanoma : A Case Report
title_fullStr Primary Thoracic Epidural Melanoma : A Case Report
title_full_unstemmed Primary Thoracic Epidural Melanoma : A Case Report
title_short Primary Thoracic Epidural Melanoma : A Case Report
title_sort primary thoracic epidural melanoma : a case report
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2900169/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20622955
http://dx.doi.org/10.4184/asj.2010.4.1.48
work_keys_str_mv AT jokwangwook primarythoracicepiduralmelanomaacasereport
AT kimseongrim primarythoracicepiduralmelanomaacasereport
AT kimsangdon primarythoracicepiduralmelanomaacasereport
AT parkikseong primarythoracicepiduralmelanomaacasereport

Ejemplares similares