Abstract
Complex neurocristopathy, a disorder resulting from the aberrant proliferation of tissues derived from neural crest cells, has been previously reported in 2 patients, both involving ophthalmic melanoma and other tumors. One patient had a periorbital neurofibroma, sphenoid wing meningioma, and choroid juxtapapillary meningioma. The other patient had a choroidal melanoma and an optic nerve sheath meningioma. The authors describe clinical and pathological findings in a patient who underwent resection of 2 distinct lesions: primary CNS melanoma at T-12 and an L-5 schwannoma. Clinical and histopathological findings of the case are reviewed. To the authors' knowledge, this is the first patient to present with complex neurocristopathy involving both a spinal melanoma and schwannoma.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 780-783 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine |
Volume | 23 |
Issue number | 6 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Dec 2015 |
Keywords
- Complex neurocristopathy
- Melanocytoma
- Oncology
- Schwannoma
- Spinal melanoma
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Surgery
- Neurology
- Clinical Neurology