Intracerebral malignant melanoma presenting as an Arteriovenous Malformation: case report and literature review

作     者：Yajuan Tang Yong Hou Bruhaspaty Prasad Wuyang Yang Junxing Wang Tang Yajuan;Hou Yong;Prasad Bruhaspaty;Yang Wuyang;Junxing Wang

作者机构：Department of Neurosurgery The Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine Hangzhou Zhejiang Province 310009 China Department of Neurosurgery Taizhou Hospital of Zhejiang Province Taizhou Zhejiang Province China Department of Neurosurgery Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Baltimore MD USA 

出 版 物：《Chinese Neurosurgical Journal》 (中华神经外科杂志（英文）)

年 卷 期：2017年第3卷第3期

页      面：179-183页

学科分类：02[经济学] 

主　　题：Malignant Melanoma (MM) Brain metastasis Arteriovenous Malformation (AVM) 

摘      要：Background: The authors introduced a rare case of intracranial malignant melanoma. Case presentation: A 32 year-old male patient presented to the hospital with signs and symptoms commonly seen in the presentation of a hemorrhagic stroke. The patient was diagnosed as having an Arteriovenous Malformation (AVM) after a thorough history, physical examination and radiographic imaging were performed and assessed. However, intraoperative findings and postoperative histopathology findings revealed that the supposed AVM was in fact a malignant melanoma, appearing as an AVM of the brain, on radiographic imaging. Conclusion: After reviewing related literature, our team realized that it was a rare finding for a melanoma pretending as a brain AVM.