The GNAQ in the haystack: intramedullary meningeal melanocytoma of intermediate grade at T9-10 in a 58-year-old woman.
case_report · Level V
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- Also identified by DOI 10.3171/2015.5.JNS15233.
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Abstract
Meningeal melanocytomas are rare tumors. They are derived from leptomeningeal melanocytes and predominantly occur along the spine and the posterior fossa. Here, the authors report a case of intramedullary melanocytoma of intermediate grade in a 58-year-old female patient who was initially misdiagnosed with malignant melanoma until mutational analyses of a panel of genes associated with melanotic tumors led to reclassification.
Medical subject headings
- GTP-Binding Protein alpha Subunits, Gq-G11
- Melanoma
- Meningeal Neoplasms
Anatomy
- thoracic spine