[Intracranial spread of a melanoma of the face: the trigeminal pathway]. / Extension intracrânienne d'un mélanome de la face: la voie trigéminale.
Rev Stomatol Chir Maxillofac
; 109(3): 172-4, 2008 Jun.
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ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION:
The intracranial evolution of cutaneous melanoma is usually due to metastases. Neurotropic invasion mainly concerns the trigeminal and the facial nerves. The melanoma is a rare entity among neurotropic tumors. OBSERVATION A patient presented with a desmoplastic melanoma of the lower lid, complicated by a perineural extension to the cavernous sinus and the mandibular nerve via the maxillary nerve.DISCUSSION:
This neurotropic evolution should be carefully monitored when close to a nerve. Extensive surgical excision including peripheral nerves in the vicinity of such tumors is recommended. MRI should be performed when a motor or sensitive disorder appears in the course of a desmoplastic melanoma.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Banco de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Neoplasias Cutáneas
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Seno Cavernoso
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Neoplasias Vasculares
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Neoplasias de los Párpados
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Melanoma
Límite:
Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
Fr
Revista:
Rev Stomatol Chir Maxillofac
Año:
2008
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Francia