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Primary intracranial melanoma presenting as a suprasellar tumor.

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Copeland, DD; Sink, JD; Seigler, HF
Published in: Neurosurgery
May 1980

A 37-year-old white woman presented with progressive visual loss in the right eye. The diagnostic evaluation suggested a tumor in the suprasellar area. At operation an isolated melanoma was found just superior to the sella turcica. No evidence of other intracranial lesions was present and complete diagnostic studies failed to reveal any other primary site. The patient subsequently underwent a second neurosurgical procedure in an effort to remove the tumor completely. This was followed by recurrent symptomatology and she was then treated with a combination of multiple drug chemotherapy and immunotherapy. Approximately 3 years after her initial operation the patient succumbed secondary to her disease. The autopsy findings were consistent with a primary melanoma of the leptomeninges in the area just above the sella turcica. This unusual presentation is discussed and plausible hypotheses are given.

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Published In

Neurosurgery

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ISSN

0148-396X

Publication Date

May 1980

Volume

6

Issue

5

Start / End Page

542 / 545

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Sella Turcica
  • Pia Mater
  • Neurology & Neurosurgery
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local
  • Meningeal Neoplasms
  • Melanoma
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Brain Neoplasms
  • Arachnoid
 

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Copeland, D. D., Sink, J. D., & Seigler, H. F. (1980). Primary intracranial melanoma presenting as a suprasellar tumor. Neurosurgery, 6(5), 542–545. https://doi.org/10.1227/00006123-198005000-00008
Copeland, D. D., J. D. Sink, and H. F. Seigler. “Primary intracranial melanoma presenting as a suprasellar tumor.Neurosurgery 6, no. 5 (May 1980): 542–45. https://doi.org/10.1227/00006123-198005000-00008.
Copeland DD, Sink JD, Seigler HF. Primary intracranial melanoma presenting as a suprasellar tumor. Neurosurgery. 1980 May;6(5):542–5.
Copeland, D. D., et al. “Primary intracranial melanoma presenting as a suprasellar tumor.Neurosurgery, vol. 6, no. 5, May 1980, pp. 542–45. Pubmed, doi:10.1227/00006123-198005000-00008.
Copeland DD, Sink JD, Seigler HF. Primary intracranial melanoma presenting as a suprasellar tumor. Neurosurgery. 1980 May;6(5):542–545.
Journal cover image

Published In

Neurosurgery

DOI

ISSN

0148-396X

Publication Date

May 1980

Volume

6

Issue

5

Start / End Page

542 / 545

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Sella Turcica
  • Pia Mater
  • Neurology & Neurosurgery
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local
  • Meningeal Neoplasms
  • Melanoma
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Brain Neoplasms
  • Arachnoid