AN AUTOPSY CASE OF PRIMARY LEPTOMENINGEL MALIGNANT MELANOMA

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  • 軟脳膜原発性悪性黒色腫の一剖検例
  • ナンノウマク ゲンパツ ショウワルセイ コクショク シュ ノ イチ ボウケンレイ

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An autopsy case of primary leptomeningel malignant melanoma is reported in a 51 year-old male. At the inferior aspecte of brain, a duck-egg sized (measuring 7×5×4 cm. in diameter) deep reddish-black, bloody clot like, moderately soft in consistency, well limited tumor invading excavately in right part of hippocampus, diencephalon, pons and cerebellum, containing mottled darkish-brown brittle tumor fragments. Some darkish-brown metastasis are seen at the region of right hemisphenoidbone and it's dura-mater, sphenoparietal sinus and sagittal sinus.<BR>A few relevant literature are reviewed and the pathology of this tumor are discussed.

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