08 March 2022: Articles
A 41-Year-Old Woman with a Late Cerebral Metastasis 16 Years After an Initial Diagnosis of Cutaneous Melanoma
Challenging differential diagnosis, Management of emergency care, Rare disease
Qi Yu A , Yawen Ma B , Tianda Feng A*DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.935728
Am J Case Rep 2022; 23:e935728
Figure 1. Preoperative head and lung computed tomography (CT) showed late cerebral metastasis of melanoma. (A) Right frontal melanoma brain metastasis with intracranial hemorrhage compressing the brain severely to the contralateral hemisphere (white arrow indicates the tumor). (B) Another metastasis located at the right temporal lobe (white arrow indicates the tumor). (C) Cutaneous tumor at right frontal scalp (white arrow indicates the tumor). (D) Foliate mass measuring 3.7×2.6×3.3 cm in the lower lobe of right lung. Small round nodules scattered in both lungs (see white arrows). (E) Lung CT scan taken 5 years earlier indicated an isolated mass in the lower lobe of right lung (see white arrow). (F) Suspected metastasis in the 12th vertebra (see white arrow).