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Neurocutaneous melanosis associated with intraspinal lipoma

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A case of neurocutaneous melanosis developing a leptomeningeal melanoma is described in a ten year old girl in whom an intraspinal lipoma had been resected seven years earlier. Standard and CT myelographic findings are described and the complementary role of Gadolinium-enhanced MRI is discussed. The literature is reviewed and the association of a lipoma and neurocutaneous melanosis has not been encountered.

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  1. Department of Radiology, Free University Hospital, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    E. P. van Heuzen, M. C. Kaiser & R. G. M. de Slegte

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van Heuzen, E.P., Kaiser, M.C. & de Slegte, R.G.M. Neurocutaneous melanosis associated with intraspinal lipoma. Neuroradiology 31, 349–351 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00344181

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