PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Chu, Winnie C.W.
AU  - Lee, Vincent
AU  - Chan, Yu-leung
AU  - Shing, Matthew MK
AU  - Chik, Ki-wai
AU  - Li, Chi-kong
AU  - Ma, Kwok-chiu
TI  - Neurocutaneous Melanomatosis with a Rapidly Deteriorating Course
DP  - 2003 Feb 01
TA  - American Journal of Neuroradiology
PG  - 287--290
VI  - 24
IP  - 2
4099  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/24/2/287.short
4100  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/24/2/287.full
SO  - Am. J. Neuroradiol.2003 Feb 01; 24
AB  - Summary: Neurocutaneous melanosis is a rare congenital syndrome characterized by large or multiple congenital melanocytic nevi and benign or malignant pigment cell tumors of the leptomeninges. The prognosis is extremely poor for symptomatic patients, even in the absence of malignant melanoma. We present serial MR imaging findings in the brain and spine of a child with congenital giant hairy nevi who developed progressive leptomeningeal melanomatosis and whose neurologic condition rapidly deteriorated.