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http://dx.doi.org/10.3340/jkns.2014.56.1.61

Neurocutaneous Melanosis in Association with Dandy-Walker Complex with Extensive Intracerebral and Spinal Cord Involvement  

Sung, Kyoung-Su (Department of Neurosurgery, College of Medicine, Dong-A University)
Song, Young-Jin (Department of Neurosurgery, College of Medicine, Dong-A University)
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Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society / v.56, no.1, 2014 , pp. 61-65 More about this Journal
Abstract
Neurocutaneous melanosis (NCM) is a rare congenital syndrome consisting of benign or malignant melanotic tumors of the central nervous system with large or numerous cutaneous melanocytic nevi. The Dandy-Walker complex (DWC) is characterized by an enlarged posterior fossa with high insertion of the tentorium, hypoplasia or aplasia of the cerebellar vermis, and cystic dilatation of the fourth ventricle. These each two conditions are rare, but NCM associated with DWC is even more rare. Most patients of NCM with DWC present neurological symptoms early in life such as intracranial hemorrhage, hydrocephalus, and malignant transformation of the melanocytes. We report a 14-year-old male patient who was finally diagnosed as NCM in association with DWC with extensive intracerebral and spinal cord involvement.
Keywords
Melanoma; Neurocutaneous syndrome; Dandy-Walker syndrome;
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