• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• 제60권1호
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• pp.98-101
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• 2017

We report a case of primary intracranial malignant melanoma (PIMM) with extracranial metastases. The patient was an 82-year-old woman diagnosed with PIMM under the left cerebellar tentorium. We performed a tumor resection followed by gamma knife surgery. An magnetic resonance imaging at 11 months after surgery showed a local intracranial recurrence. At 12 months, vertebral metastasis was suspected, and 2-[fluorine-18]-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (FDG-PET/CT) showed multiple extracranial metastases. She died at 13 months after surgery. Although extracranial metastases of PIMM are extremely rare, we should carefully follow up extracranial metastases together with intracranial ones, especially by FDG-PET/CT, even at an early asymptomatic stage.

• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• 제29권9호
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• pp.1243-1247
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• 2000

Primary malignant leptomeningeal melanoma is very rare, accounting for less than 0.1 percent of tumors in the central nervous system. Patients with primary intracranial malignant melanoma tend to be younger than metastatic intracranial melanoma, most commonly in the fourth decade of life. This tumor is extremely rare and the biologic behavior is aggressive especially in children. The authors report a case of primary malignant leptomeningeal melanoma in a twelve-year-old boy which was initially diagnosed as meningitis. On autopsy, associated extensive leptomeningeal melanosis was confirmed and believed to be the origin of the tumor. This case emphasizes the pattern of clinical presentation and the significance of leptomeningeal melanosis in primary leptomeningeal melanoma.

• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• 제58권6호
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• pp.554-556
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• 2015

Primary intracranial malignant melanoma is a very rare and highly aggressive tumor with poor prognosis. A 66-year-old female patient presented a headache that had been slowly progressing for several months. A large benign pigmented skin lesion was found on her back. A brain MRI showed multiple linear signal changes with branching pattern and strong enhancement in the temporal lobe. The cytological and immunohiostochemical cerebrospinal fluid examination confirmed malignant melanoma. A biopsy confirmed that the pigmented skin lesion on the back and the conjunctiva were benign nevi. We report a case of primary intracranial malignant melanoma and review relevant literatures.

• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• 제41권1호
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• pp.39-42
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• 2007

Primary intracranial melanoma is uncommon. These tumors most commonly occur at the temporal lobe, cerebellum and cerebellopontine angle. We report a case of intracranial malignant melanoma of the occipital lobe in a 60-year-old man who presented with headache and visual disturbance. The mass showed hyperintensity on T1-weighted images and hypointensity on T2-weighted magnetic resonance images. He underwent gross total removal of tumor and received radiotherapy. Follow-up imaging studios showed neither recurrence nor any signs of residual disease for 4 months.

• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• 제56권6호
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• pp.504-508
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• 2014

A 59-year-old male patient had 5-month history of gait disturbance and memory impairment. His initial brain computed tomography scan showed $3.5{\times}2.8cm$ sized mass with high density in the pineal region. The tumor was hypointense on T2 weighted magnetic resonance images and hyperintense on T1 weighted magnetic resonance images with heterogenous enhancement of central portion. The tumor was totally removed via the occipital transtentorial approach. Black mass was observed in the operation field, and after surgery, histopathological examination confirmed the diagnosis of malignant melanoma. Whole spine magnetic resonance images and whole body 18-fluoro-deoxyglucose positron emission tomography could not demonstrate the primary site of this melanoma. Scrupulous physical examination of his skin and mucosa was done and dark pigmented lesion on his left leg was found, but additional studies including magnetic resonance images and skin biopsy showed negative finding. As a result, final diagnosis of primary pineal malignant melanoma was made. He underwent treatment with the whole brain radiotherapy and extended local boost irradiation without chemotherapy. His preoperative symptoms were disappeared, and no other specific neurological deficits were founded. His follow-up image studies showed no recurrence or distant metastasis until 26 weeks after surgery. Primary pineal malignant melanomas are extremely rare intracranial tumors, and only 17 cases have been reported since 1899. The most recent case report showed favorable outcome by subtotal tumor resection followed by whole brain and extended local irradiation without chemotherapy. Our case is another result to prove that total tumor resection with radiotherapy can be the current optimal treatment for primary malignant melanoma in the pineal region.

• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• 제56권1호
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• pp.61-65
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• 2014

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.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제31권9호
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• pp.877-883
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• 1998

배경: 심장수술의 표준 보조수단으로 자리잡고 있는 심폐바이패스 기법은 비심장질환 치료에서도 유용하게 사용될 수 있다. 국내에서는 이에 관해 산발적인 보고들은 있으나 전체적인 분석연구는 아직 없다. 대상 및 방법: 저자들은 1969-1996년 사이 서울대병원에서 경험한 환자중 후향적 의무기록 추적이 가능한 20례의 환자를 분석하였다. 환자들은 막성 하대정맥 폐쇄 8예, 악성 흑색종 5예, 폐색전증 3예, 그리고 두개골내 거대 동맥류, 신장암, 폐이식, 지방육종 각각 1예였다. 이중 심폐바이패스에 의한 초저 체온 유도 및 순환정지가 필요했던 경우는 모두 6예로 하대정맥폐쇄가 4예, 두개골내 거대동맥류 1예, 하대정맥내 혈전을 동반한 신세포암 1예였다. 결과: 심폐바이패스 시간은 하대정맥폐쇄에서 평균 113분(42~165분), 신세포암 156분, 거대동 맥류 161분이였다. 최저 직장온도는 하대정맥폐쇄에서 평균 26$^{\circ}C$(25.4~27.1$^{\circ}C$), 신세포암과 거대동맥 류에서는 19$^{\circ}C$였다. 하대정맥폐쇄 환자들에서의 술후 경과는 양호하였고, 거대동맥류에서는 수술직후 혈종제거를 위한 재수술을 시도하였으며 술후 14일째 사망하였다. 신세포암 환자는 술후 합병증 없이 회복되었으나 6개월후 전신전이로 사망하였다. 폐질환에서 심폐바이패스를 이용한 경우는 모두 4례로, 3례는 폐색전증이었고 1례는 양측폐이식술을 시행한 사례였다. 폐색전증에서는 응급소생술을 시행하였 던 환자에서 일시적인 신경학적 이상소견을 보인 것 외에는 모두 별 문제 없이 회복되었다. 양측폐이식 수술 환자에서는 일측폐이식 후 저산소증과 혈역학적 불안정으로 심폐바이패스 보조가 필요하였다. 이 후 심폐바이패스 이탈은 순조로웠으나 지속적인 저심박출증과 전신패혈증으로 술후 19일 만에 사망하였 다. 하대정맥 폐쇄에서 순환정지 없이 심폐바이패스를 시행한 경우는 모두 4례로 모두 심폐바이패스와 관련된 합병증은 없었으며 술후 양호한 경과를 보였다. 심폐바이패스를 이용한 고열 구역 항암화학 관류 요법을 시행받은 환자 6예중 5예는 사지에 발생한 악성흑색종이였고 나머지 1예는 재발성 지방육종 환자 였다. 심폐바이패스 시간은 평균 153분(107~270분)이였고, 국소 관류부위의 부종이나 신경장애 등의 합병증은 관찰되지 않았다. 결론: 이들 환자들에서의 치료 경험을 토대로 할 때 비심장질환에서의 심폐 바이패스 적용은 비록 그 적응이 제한되어 있지만 적절히 활용되는 경우에는 그 잠재적 유용성은 크다.