Linked Life Data

7729077

Source:http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/id/7729077

Statements in which the resource exists as a subject.
PredicateObject
rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-5-30
pubmed:abstractText
An unusual case of primary balloon cell malignant melanoma (BCMM) in brain arising from melanoblastic meningeal (or diffuse meningeal) naevus in a 30-year-old woman has been presented. The characteristic balloon cells were amelanotic or focally extremely weakly melanotic. The large, uniformly looking, tightly packed, pale "balloon cells" formed the homomorphic texture of the spherical well demarcated tumor lying in the white matter of right temporo-parietal region beneath the nevoid-looking partially melanotic diffuse meningeal and cortical infiltrate. Positive melanoma antigen HMB-45, S-100 protein and vimentin along with negative epithelial membrane antigen EMA and markers for macrophages like alfa-1-antitrypsine and CD-68 proved that balloon cells belong to and may form a peculiar type of melanoma. The lack of suspected skin or mucosal naevi and coexisting meningeal naevus speak for the primary character of the balloon cell melanoma. According to our knowledge it is the first primary balloon cell melanoma of the brain. Differential diagnosis and the pathogenesis are discussed.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0722-5091
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
14
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
29-32
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Primary balloon cell malignant melanoma of the right temporo-parietal region arising from meningeal naevus.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Neuropathology, Academy of Medicine, Kraków, Poland.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports