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Diffuse Melanocytosis

Known as: Diffuse Melanosis, Diffuse Meningeal Melanocytosis 
A diffuse or multifocal proliferation of uniform nevoid polygonal cells in the leptomeninges. Cells may spread into the Virchow-Robin spaces without… 
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Body tissueCentral Nervous SystemHydrocephalusLeptomeninges

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2018
Review
2018
Neurocutaneous Melanosis in an Adult Patient with Intracranial Primary Malignant Melanoma: Case Report and Review of the Literature.
1991
1991
Diffuse melanosis in metastatic malignant melanoma.
1987
1987
[Congenital diffuse melanosis].
Two cases of diffuse congenital melanosis are presented. The hyperpigmentation appeared shortly after birth and invades… 
1981
1981
Diffuse melanosis secondary to metastatic malignant melanoma. Light and electron microscopic findings.
1977
1977
[Diffuse melanosis in malignant melanoma].
A patient with widely metastasized malignant melanoma assocaited with diffuse melanosis is presented. The widespread metastases… 
1974
1974
Pathogenesis of diffuse melanosis secondary to malignant melanoma *
The heavily pigmented but otherwise normal appearing skin of a patient with diffuse melanosis secondary to metastatic malignant… 
1974
1974
Varied presentations of metastatic pulmonary melanoma.
Four cases of malignant melanoma metastatic to the bronchopulmonary tree demonstrate the wide array of clinical, chest x-ray film… 
1968
1968
Diffuse melanosis in malignant melanoma. Report of a case and of studies by light and electron microscopy.
The clinical events and findings by light and electron microscopy are presented of a patient with malignant melanoma, primary in… 
1963
1963
Nevus of Ota With Malignant Melanoma of the Choroid: Report of a Case
The following report describes a patient who developed a melanoma of the choroid in an eye associated with nevus of Ota. Except… 
1949
1949
Diffuse melanosis, pericardial effusion, and melanuria associated with malignant melanoma; case report with autopsy findings.
Excerpt The literature pertaining to malignant melanoma is voluminous. The following case is reported because of its unusual… 
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