Ocular melanoma metastasis to the cervical spine

Sophia F. Shakur; Ippei Takagi; Rimas V. Lukas; Steven Chmura; Thomas F. Gajewski; Ben Z. Roitberg

doi:10.1016/j.jocn.2011.06.022

Ocular melanoma metastasis to the cervical spine

Sophia F. Shakur^*, Ippei Takagi, Rimas V. Lukas, Steven Chmura, Thomas F. Gajewski, Ben Z. Roitberg

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Abstract

Ocular melanoma is a rare type of malignant melanoma. Melanoma metastatic to the spine typically arises within the vertebral column, presents with back pain, and has a poor prognosis. We present a patient with a unique disease course: ocular melanoma metastasis occurred after an extended latency period of 14 years, attained a large size within the spinal intradural space, presented with severe neurological deficits without additional central nervous system disease, and the tumor was amenable to surgical intervention. We also review the literature on melanoma spine metastasis.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	610-611
Number of pages	2
Journal	Journal of Clinical Neuroscience
Volume	19
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jocn.2011.06.022
State	Published - Apr 2012

Keywords

Leptomeningeal carcinomatosis
Ocular melanoma
Spine metastasis
Surgery

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Surgery
Neurology
Clinical Neurology
Physiology (medical)

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