Department of Pathology, SCB Medical College, Cuttack, Orissa, India. kalpalata_tripathy@ yahoo.co.in
J Clin Neurol. 2011 Jun;7(2):105-6. doi: 10.3988/jcn.2011.7.2.105. Epub 2011 Jun 28.
The pigmented or melanotic variant of choroid plexus carcinoma is very rarely encountered.
We report herein a case of melanotic or pigmented choroid plexus carcinoma in the posterior fossa of an 11-year-old female.
A histopathological study supported by immunohistochemistry helped the authors to diagnose this rare entity. How to differentiate this tumor from pigmented papillary medulloblastoma, cerebellar papillary ependymoma, and metastatic malignant melanoma is discussed.
脉络丛癌的色素型或黑色素型变体非常罕见。
我们在此报告一例 11 岁女性后颅窝的黑色素型或色素性脉络丛癌。
组织病理学研究结合免疫组织化学有助于作者诊断这一罕见实体。讨论了如何将该肿瘤与色素性乳头状髓母细胞瘤、小脑乳头状室管膜瘤和转移性恶性黑色素瘤相鉴别。