Intracranial malignant melanoma in childhood

Malignant melanoma is a very uncommon tumour in childhood. Over the period from 1978 to 1987 998 children were treated with radiotherapy for different malignant diseases. Only two children were treated for melanoma. The authors present a 12-year-old boy with malignant melanoma of the central nervous...

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Published inSrpski arhiv za celokupno lekarstvo Vol. 117; no. 11-12; p. 855
Main Authors Golubicić, I, Sobić, V, Vlajić, M, Barjaktarević, Z
Format Journal Article
LanguageSerbian
Published Serbia 01.11.1989
Subjects
Brain Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging
Brain Neoplasms - pathology
Child
Humans
Male
Melanoma - diagnostic imaging
Melanoma - pathology
Radiography
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Summary:Malignant melanoma is a very uncommon tumour in childhood. Over the period from 1978 to 1987 998 children were treated with radiotherapy for different malignant diseases. Only two children were treated for melanoma. The authors present a 12-year-old boy with malignant melanoma of the central nervous system which appeared in the left parieto-occipital region. All clinical, laboratory, radiological and other examinations could discover no other lesion except the CNS (primary or metastatic). The boy was operated on (partial extirpation) and radiotherapy was performed with 60Gy/30f. The boy completely recovered for a short time. He died 14 months after the onset of symptoms and 12 months after the beginning of the treatment. This clinical course suggests a rapid progression of primary brain melanoma.
ISSN:0370-8179
2406-0895