Neurocutaneous Melanosis with Hydrocephalus and Dandy-Walker Variant

Neurocutaneous melanosis (NCM) is one of the rare, congenital, noninheritable phakomatoses characterized by the presence of large and/or multiple congenital melanocytic cutaneous nevi associated with intracranial leptomeningeal melanocytosis. NCM usually presents before 2 years of age. So far 302 ca...

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Autores principales: Sarwar, Mohammad, Tripathy, Laxminarayan, Jain, Harsh, Basu, Sunandan, Sengupta, Ashvini
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2021
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8751503/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35071094
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ajns.AJNS_542_20
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Sumario:Neurocutaneous melanosis (NCM) is one of the rare, congenital, noninheritable phakomatoses characterized by the presence of large and/or multiple congenital melanocytic cutaneous nevi associated with intracranial leptomeningeal melanocytosis. NCM usually presents before 2 years of age. So far 302 cases have been reported in literature. We report a case of NCM presenting with obstructive hydrocephalus and Dandy-Walker Variant in a young adult.

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