Congenital Melanocytic Nevi with Primary Cerebral Melanoma: A Rarity

Xin Chen, Jing ZhiMao, Hong YuZhuo, Guang Peng, Xin Wu, Yi Feng, Feng Wang

Abstract


A16-year-old male was admitted in hospital because of frontal and temporal melanoma. There were congenital giant nevi on his back and head. Positron emission computed tomography revealed no extra-cranial primary lesion. He underwent surgery, whole-brain radiotherapy (WBRT), and chemotherapy; but he could not be saved and died 6 months after establishing diagnosis.


Keywords


Congenital melanocytic nevi, Intracranial melanoma, Primary melanoma

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21699/ajcr.v4i3.83

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