J Korean Neurosurg Soc.  1996 Sep;25(9):1929-1934.

Primary Spinal Malignant Melanoma in the Cervical Spinal Cord: Case Report

• Bae BC
• Song GS
• Cha SH
• Park DJ
• Choi CH
• Lee YW

Abstract

The primary melanoma of spinal cord was rarely reported in the literatures. The authors report a case of primary spinal maligmant melanoma in the cervical spinal cord. A 41-year-old man presented several months history of right shoulder pain and right hemiparesis. Plain X-ray of the cervical spine, myelography, computerized tomography and magnetic resonance imaging showed intradural mass from third to fifth cervical spine level. The operation was performed, and intradural intra-and extramedullary brownish black tumor, which focally infiltrated to the dura and inner surface of lamina, was removed and the histological diagnosis was maligmant melanoma. And then chemotherapy with vincristine, bleomycin, cisplatine, followed by whole central nervous system radiation therapy was performed. The patient was discharged and followed up with no neurological interval change. The pertinent literature of spinal cord melanoma is reviewed and its rareness is discussed.

Keyword

Primary spinal melanoma; Cervical cord; Intra- and extramedually lesion; Chemotherapy

MeSH Terms

Adult
Bleomycin
Central Nervous System
Cisplatin
Diagnosis
Drug Therapy
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Melanoma*
Myelography
Paresis
Shoulder Pain
Spinal Cord*
Spine
Vincristine
Bleomycin
Cisplatin
Vincristine