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Lang-Orsini M, Wu J, Heilman CB, Kravtsova A, Weinstein G, Madan N, Arkun K. Primary meningeal melanoma masquerading as neurofibromatosis type 2: illustrative case. Journal of Neurosurgery: Case Lessons 2021; 2:CASE21444. [PMID: 36061091 PMCID: PMC9435569 DOI: 10.3171/case21444] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2021] [Accepted: 08/10/2021] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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BACKGROUND
Primary meningeal melanocytic neoplasms are exceedingly rare tumors, representing only 0.06% to 0.1% of all primary brain tumors and ranging in spectrum from benign localized tumors to highly aggressive malignant lesions. The diagnosis of these tumors is often challenging from clinical, radiological, and pathologic standpoints. Equally challenging is the distinction between primary meningeal melanocytic neoplasm and metastatic melanoma.
OBSERVATIONS
The authors reported the case of a 41-year-old man with imaging findings diagnostic of neurofibromatosis type 2: bilateral internal auditory canal lesions (most consistent with bilateral vestibular schwannomas), two dura-based lesions presumed to be meningiomas, multiple spinal lesions consistent with peripheral nerve sheath tumors, and one intramedullary spinal lesion consistent with an ependymoma. Biopsy of these lesions revealed melanocytic neoplasms with mild to moderate atypia and a mildly elevated proliferation index, which made the distinction between benign and malignant challenging. In addition, the disseminated nature of these tumors made it difficult to determinate whether they arose from the meninges or represented metastases from an occult primary melanoma.
LESSONS
This case illustrated the challenges presented by the diagnosis of meningeal melanocytic neoplasms and highlighted the importance of integrating the clinical and radiographic findings with histologic appearance and molecular studies.
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- Radiology, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Departments of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
- Neurosurgery, and
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Pimentel J, Afonso A, Roque R, Farias JP. A 82-Year-Old Man with an Extra-Axial Frontal Mass. Brain Pathol 2019; 29:307-308. [PMID: 30821024 DOI: 10.1111/bpa.12707] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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- José Pimentel
- Department of Pathology, Hospital Cuf Descobertas, Lisbon, Portugal.,Laboratory of Neuropathology, Department of Neurology, Hospital de Santa Maria (CHLN), Lisbon, Portugal.,Lisbon Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Department of Pathology, Hospital Cuf Descobertas, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Laboratory of Neuropathology, Department of Neurology, Hospital de Santa Maria (CHLN), Lisbon, Portugal
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Hospital Cuf Descobertas, Lisbon, Portugal
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Dehghan Harati M, Yu A, Magaki SD, Perez-Rosendahl M, Im K, Park YK, Bergsneider M, Yong WH. Clinicopathologic features and pathogenesis of melanocytic colonization in atypical meningioma. Neuropathology 2017; 38:54-61. [PMID: 28833600 DOI: 10.1111/neup.12409] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2017] [Revised: 07/20/2017] [Accepted: 07/21/2017] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Only two prior cases of benign dendritic melanocytes colonizing a meningioma have been reported. We add a third case, describe clinicopathologic features shared by the three, and elucidate the risk factors for this very rare phenomenon. A 29 year-old Hispanic woman presented with headache and hydrocephalus. MRI showed a lobulated enhancing pineal region mass measuring 41 mm in greatest dimension. Subtotal resection of the mass demonstrated an atypical meningioma, WHO grade II, and the patient subsequently underwent radiotherapy. She presented 4 years later with diplopia, and MRI showed an enhancing extra-axial mass measuring 47 mm in greatest dimension and centered on the tentorial incisura. Subtotal resection showed a brain-invasive atypical meningioma with melanocytic colonization. The previous two cases in the literature were atypical meningiomas, one of which was also brain invasive. Atypical meningiomas may be at particular risk for melanocytic colonization as they upregulate molecules known to be chemoattractants for melanocytes. We detected c-Kit expression in a minority of the melanocytes as well as stem cell factor and basic fibroblast growth factor in the meningioma cells, suggesting that mechanisms implicated in normal melanocyte migration may be involved. In some cases, brain invasion with disruption of the leptomeningeal barrier may also facilitate migration from the subarachnoid space into the tumor. Whether there is low-level proliferation of the dendritic melanocytes is unclear. Given that all three patients were non-Caucasian, meningiomas in persons and/or brain regions with increased dendritic melanocytes may predispose to colonization. The age range spanned from 6 years old to 70 years old. All three patients were female. The role of gender and estrogen in the pathogenesis of this entity remains to be clarified. Whether melanocytic colonization may also occur in the more common Grade I meningiomas awaits identification of additional cases.
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- Mitra Dehghan Harati
- Division of Neuropathology, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Division of Neuropathology, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Division of Neuropathology, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Division of Neuropathology, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Division of Neuropathology, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Department of Radiological Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Division of Neuropathology, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA
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Palicelli A, Disanto MG, Panzarasa G, Veggiani C, Galizia G, Dal Cin S, Gruppioni E, Boldorini R. Orbital meningeal melanocytoma: Histological, immunohistochemical and molecular characterization of a case and review of the literature. Pathol Res Pract 2016; 212:946-53. [PMID: 27499153 DOI: 10.1016/j.prp.2016.07.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2016] [Accepted: 07/18/2016] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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AIMS We provide morphological, immunohistochemical and molecular characterization of the 3rd "intermediate-grade" orbital meningeal melanocytoma, testing for the first time Vysis Melanoma FISH Probe Kit. We reviewed the literature in order to discuss the main differential diagnoses and to provide a better molecular description of these unusual tumors of difficult diagnosis and controversial management. METHODS Histochemical stains (Haematoxylin and Eosin, Perls, reticulin), immunohistochemistry (HMB45, p16, Melan-A, S100, EMA, Ki67, CD68), polymerase chain reaction amplification and sequence analysis (BRAF, exon 15; NRAS exons 2 and 3; c-KIT, exons 11, 13, 17, 18; GNAQ, exons 4 and 5; GNA11, exons 4 and 5) and fluorescent in situ hybridization (RREB1, 6p25; MYB, 6q23; CCND1, 11q13; CEP 6, 6p11.1-q11.1) were performed on paraffin-embedded, formalin-fixed material. RESULTS Histological diagnosis of "intermediate-grade" melanocytoma was supported by zonal necrosis and increased Ki67-index (12%). Immunophenotype: HMB45+(strong, >75%), Melan-A+(strong, >75%), p16+(∼20%), S100 -/+ (<5%), EMA -/+ (<5%), CD68 - (positive histiocytes). No gene mutations nor copy-number alterations were identified. The patient was asymptomatic and disease-free 3 years after total surgical excision. CONCLUSIONS Adequate sampling and accurate immunohistochemical characterization are important for a correct diagnosis. Molecular analysis could provide important additional information (especially for "intermediate-grade" tumors), but further data are needed.
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Meningiomas are the most common intracranial primary neoplasm in adults. Although the spectrum of clinical and molecular genetic issues regarding meningiomas remains undefined, novel genetic alterations that are associated with tumor morphology, malignancy, or location have recently been discovered. This review focuses on recent advances in understanding of the heterogenous pathology of meningiomas, particularly on associations between the clinical, histological, etiological, epidemiological, and molecular genetical aspects of the neoplasm.
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- Makoto SHIBUYA
- Central Laboratory, Hachioji Medical Center, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo
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Han SH, Joo M, Lee BH, Park SH. Cytologic features of pigmented atypical meningioma mimicking melanoma on intraoperative crush preparations. Diagn Cytopathol 2014; 43:149-52. [PMID: 24692367 DOI: 10.1002/dc.23158] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2013] [Revised: 02/06/2014] [Accepted: 03/18/2014] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Pigmented tumors rarely arise in the meninges, and when they do, these are mainly melanocytomas or melanomas. We describe the cytologic findings of atypical meningioma with intratumoral hemosiderin pigment mistaken for spindle cell melanoma in a 33-year-old male patient during intraoperative consultation. Preoperative radiologic images revealed a cystic meningeal mass with intratumoral hemorrhage. The crush preparation demonstrated cellular smears of syncytial clusters as well as fascicles of large pleomorphic spindle cells with discrete cytoplasmic brown pigment. Detection of cytoplasmic brown pigment and a preponderance of large spindle cells with nuclear pleomorphism led to a diagnosis of spindle cell melanoma on intraoperative cytology. Histopathologic examination displayed high cellularity, nuclear pleomorphism with prominent nucleoli, and foci of spontaneous necrosis. In addition, there were areas showing classic meningotheliomatous meningioma features. Altogether, the histologic findings were consistent with atypical meningioma. The cytoplasmic pigment in the tumor cells was confirmed to be hemosiderin using special stains and immunohistochemistry. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case report describing cytomorphology of atypical pigmented meningioma. We discuss the differential diagnosis in intraoperative cytology and a possible mechanism related to intratumoral hemosiderin deposition in meningiomas.
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- Song-Hee Han
- Department of Pathology, Inje University Ilsan Paik Hospital, Goyang, Republic of Korea
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Introduction Primary cerebellopontine angle melanocytomas (PCPAMs) are very rare. Their natural history and prognosis are not fully understood. We reviewed the literature and add a new case to analyze PCPAM's presentation, radiological features, and outcome of treatment. Methods We performed a literature review using Medline, Embase, PubMed, and Cochrane databases. We searched for melanocytoma, melanoma, and pigmented tumors in the posterior cranial fossa and CPA to identify PCPAM. We have also searched our institution's neuro-oncology database. Results We identified 23 PCPAM from the literature and one case of our own. The mean age at presentation was 44.4 years with slight male preponderance. PCPAM presented with cerebellopontine angle (CPA) syndrome with or without hydrocephalus. Preoperative diagnosis was difficult; they appeared hyperintense on T1 and isointense on T2 magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and enhanced with gadolinium. However, the final diagnosis was only made by immunohistochemical examination. Total surgical resection of PCPAM was associated with prolonged survival while subtotal excision was associated with frequent recurrence. Conclusion PCPAM are very rare and should be considered in the differential diagnosis of all CPA lesions that appear hyperintense on T1 and isointense on T2 MRI images. Patients with PCPAM should undergo total surgical resection to avoid fatal recurrences.
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- Isaac Phang
- Department of Neurosurgery, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom
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A 6-year-old Japanese girl presented with psychomotor seizures. Magnetic resonance (MR) images disclosed a mass lesion in the left middle cranial fossa with an internal irregular-shaped area, which was hyperintense on T1-weighted images and hypointense on T2-weighted images. Gross total resection of the tumor was performed through left occipital craniotomy. The tumor was white-to-grayish hard tissue, focally showing blackish pigmentation. Histological, immunohistochemical and electron-microscopical analyses revealed that white-to-grayish hard tissue corresponded to an atypical meningioma, and the blackish pigmentation of the tumor was composed of non-neoplastic, reactive hyperplasia and colonization of meningeal melanocytes in the meningioma tissue. A meningioma with reactive hyperplasia and colonization of meningeal melanocytes is unusual, but it is clinically important to differentiate this entity from other melanocytic tumors.
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Pigmented lesions of the central nervous system (CNS) are a diverse group of entities that run the gamut from benign to malignant. These lesions may be well circumscribed or diffuse, and their imaging appearances are influenced by the degree of melanin content as well as the presence or absence of hemorrhage. Pigmented lesions include primary melanocytic lesions of the CNS and metastatic melanoma, as well as other CNS neoplasms that may undergo melanization, including schwannoma, medulloblastoma, and some gliomas. Primary melanocytic lesions of the CNS arise from melanocytes located within the leptomeninges, and this group includes diffuse melanocytosis and meningeal melanomatosis (seen in neurocutaneous melanosis), melanocytoma, and malignant melanoma. Primary melanin-containing lesions of the CNS must be differentiated from metastatic melanoma because these lesions require different patient workup and therapy. Absence of a known primary malignant melanoma helps in the differential diagnosis, but an occult primary lesion outside the CNS must be sought and excluded. Pigmented lesions of the CNS are uncommon, and knowledge of their imaging characteristics and pathologic features is essential for their identification.
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- Alice Boyd Smith
- Department of Radiologic Pathology, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington, DC, USA.
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Ahlgrimm-siess V, Hofmann-wellenhof R, Zalaudek I, Cerroni L, Kerl H. Collision of Malignant Melanoma (Lentigo Maligna Type) with Squamous Cell Carcinoma in Solar-Damaged Skin of the Face. Dermatol Surg 2007; 33:122-124. [DOI: 10.1097/00042728-200701000-00023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Ahlgrimm-Siess V, Hofmann-Wellenhof R, Zalaudek I, Cerroni L, Kerl H. Collision of Malignant Melanoma (Lentigo Maligna Type) with Squamous Cell Carcinoma in Solar-Damaged Skin of the Face. Dermatol Surg 2007; 33:122-4. [PMID: 17214694 DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2007.33023.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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