Clinical Case Reports (Sep 2020)

Intraventricular metastatic melanoma: A case report and review of the literature

  • Joshua D. Bernstock,
  • Gustavo Chagoya,
  • Galal A. Elsayed,
  • Brandon M. Fox,
  • Nabiel Mir,
  • Saksham Gupta,
  • Melissa Chua,
  • Travis J. Atchley,
  • Mina Lobbous,
  • Houman Sotoudeh,
  • James Hackney,
  • Gregory K. Friedman,
  • Mark R. Harrigan

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.2983
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 9
pp. 1757 – 1764

Abstract

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Abstract Intraventricular melanoma is a very rare and highly malignant disease. Safe resection is the mainstay of treatment, but no standard guidelines exist for adjuvant therapy. Early histologic and molecular diagnosis is key for improved survival.

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