J Korean Neurosurg Soc.
1981 Mar;10(1):329-334.
A Case of Primary Malignant Melanoma in the Occipital Region
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- 1Department of Neurological Surgery, Ewha Womans University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
- 2Department of Radiology, Ewha Womans University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Abstract
- There is a current tendency to believe that malignant melanoma originate from epidermal melanocyte rather than from pigmented cell of the upper dermis. Approximately 15% of all malignant melanoma in the body occur in head and neck regions. The majority of the patients were in the sixth & seventh decade. A case of malignant melanoma in the occipital region in a 2-year-old girl is reported. Physical and X-ray studies showed a large brownish pigmented mass with ulcerated surface and small bony defect in the occipital region.
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