Melanoma brain metastasis mimicking cortical laminar necrosis

BACKGROUND: Metastatic lesions to the brain are common in patients with melanoma. Imaging characteristics can support the diagnosis of metastatic melanoma, but alternative diagnoses should be considered. CASE DESCRIPTION: Here, we present a case of a 57-year-old man in whom a metastatic melanoma ini...

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Autores principales: Marino, Alexandria C., Fadul, Camilo E., Lopes, M. Beatriz, Patel, Sohil Harshad, Asthagiri, Ashok R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Scientific Scholar 2022
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9805631/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36600773
http://dx.doi.org/10.25259/SNI_285_2022
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Sumario:BACKGROUND: Metastatic lesions to the brain are common in patients with melanoma. Imaging characteristics can support the diagnosis of metastatic melanoma, but alternative diagnoses should be considered. CASE DESCRIPTION: Here, we present a case of a 57-year-old man in whom a metastatic melanoma initially mimicked the imaging characteristics of cortical laminar necrosis. CONCLUSION: This comprises the first report of melanoma brain metastasis presenting with these imaging characteristics and emphasizes the importance of maintaining a high index of suspicion for metastatic lesions in patients with known cancer.

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