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Meningeal melanocytoma in the left frontal region

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We report a rare case of meningeal melanocytoma in the left frontal region. A 45-year-old man complained of a headache. Magnetic resonance (MR) scanning showed characteristic patterns: a slightly high signal intensity mass in the left frontal region on the T1-weighted image and a low signal intensity on the T2-weighted image. The patient underwent gross total removal of the tumor. The postoperative course was uneventful. After two years, there was a small local recurrence. The histological finding of the tumor showed meningeal melanocytoma. To our knowledge, this is the second published report of a meningeal melanocytoma in the supratentorial region.

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, Fukuoka Tokusyukai Hospital, Kasuga, Japan

    Tsutomu Kawaguchi, Teruaki Kawano, Kiyoshi Kazekawa, Susumu Nakashima, Teruaki Honma, Yoshirou Kaneko, Tohru Koizumi, Akihiro Dousaka & Masao Kishikawa

  2. Tissue and Histopathology Section, Division of Scientific Data Registry, Atomic Bomb Disease Institute, Nagasaki University School of Medicine, Nagasaki, Japan

    Tsutomu Kawaguchi, Teruaki Kawano, Kiyoshi Kazekawa, Susumu Nakashima, Teruaki Honma, Yoshirou Kaneko, Tohru Koizumi, Akihiro Dousaka & Masao Kishikawa

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Kawaguchi, T., Kawano, T., Kazekawa, K. et al. Meningeal melanocytoma in the left frontal region. Brain Tumor Pathol 15, 58–62 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02482102

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