CT and MRI findings in leptomeningeal melanocytosis

Leptomeningeal melanocytosis is a rare cause of seizure in the pediatric population. Shown here is a case of this disease in a 9-year-old male who presented with seizures and minor trauma. Imaging showed progression of leptomeningeal enhancement in the setting of increased seizure activity, and biop...

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Autores principales: Hossain, Ferzana A., Marquez, Hector J., Veltkamp, Daniel L., Xie, Sophia Q., Klesse, Laura J., Timmons, Charles F., Pfeifer, Cory M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2019
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Neuroradiology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6928303/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31890065
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2019.11.006
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author Hossain, Ferzana A.
Marquez, Hector J.
Veltkamp, Daniel L.
Xie, Sophia Q.
Klesse, Laura J.
Timmons, Charles F.
Pfeifer, Cory M.
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Veltkamp, Daniel L.
Xie, Sophia Q.
Klesse, Laura J.
Timmons, Charles F.
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description Leptomeningeal melanocytosis is a rare cause of seizure in the pediatric population. Shown here is a case of this disease in a 9-year-old male who presented with seizures and minor trauma. Imaging showed progression of leptomeningeal enhancement in the setting of increased seizure activity, and biopsy confirmed the diagnosis. The patient received immunotherapy but eventually succumbed to the disease. This case serves as an educational tool to improve awareness of melanocytic proliferation as a differential consideration for leptomeningeal enhancement.
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spelling pubmed-69283032019-12-30 CT and MRI findings in leptomeningeal melanocytosis Hossain, Ferzana A. Marquez, Hector J. Veltkamp, Daniel L. Xie, Sophia Q. Klesse, Laura J. Timmons, Charles F. Pfeifer, Cory M. Radiol Case Rep Neuroradiology Leptomeningeal melanocytosis is a rare cause of seizure in the pediatric population. Shown here is a case of this disease in a 9-year-old male who presented with seizures and minor trauma. Imaging showed progression of leptomeningeal enhancement in the setting of increased seizure activity, and biopsy confirmed the diagnosis. The patient received immunotherapy but eventually succumbed to the disease. This case serves as an educational tool to improve awareness of melanocytic proliferation as a differential consideration for leptomeningeal enhancement. Elsevier 2019-12-18 /pmc/articles/PMC6928303/ /pubmed/31890065 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2019.11.006 Text en © 2019 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. on behalf of University of Washington. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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CT and MRI findings in leptomeningeal melanocytosis
title CT and MRI findings in leptomeningeal melanocytosis
title_full CT and MRI findings in leptomeningeal melanocytosis
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title_short CT and MRI findings in leptomeningeal melanocytosis
title_sort ct and mri findings in leptomeningeal melanocytosis
topic Neuroradiology
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