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
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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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author Marino, Alexandria C.
Fadul, Camilo E.
Lopes, M. Beatriz
Patel, Sohil Harshad
Asthagiri, Ashok R.
author_facet Marino, Alexandria C.
Fadul, Camilo E.
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Patel, Sohil Harshad
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description 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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spelling pubmed-98056312023-01-03 Melanoma brain metastasis mimicking cortical laminar necrosis Marino, Alexandria C. Fadul, Camilo E. Lopes, M. Beatriz Patel, Sohil Harshad Asthagiri, Ashok R. Surg Neurol Int Case Report 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. Scientific Scholar 2022-12-23 /pmc/articles/PMC9805631/ /pubmed/36600773 http://dx.doi.org/10.25259/SNI_285_2022 Text en Copyright: © 2022 Surgical Neurology International https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-Share Alike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, transform, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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title Melanoma brain metastasis mimicking cortical laminar necrosis
title_full Melanoma brain metastasis mimicking cortical laminar necrosis
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url 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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