Noubari B A, Chiaramonte I, Magro G, Tropea R, Mancuso P
Division of Neurosurgery, Garibaldi, S. Luigi-S. Currò, Ascoli-Tomaselli Hospital, Catania, Italy.
J Neurosurg Sci. 1998 Dec;42(4):245-9.
The authors report a rare case of spinal cord compression syndrome due to a malignant melanotic schwannoma. Pathogenesis, diagnostic difficulty and therapeutical problems are discussed. The authors conclude that such tumours should be surgically treated due to the possibility of a benign clinical behaviour even in those cases showing malignant histological features.