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Congenital Melanoma: A Case of Transplacental Melanoma Transmission to the Neural Axis

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Authors: Naidu, P.K.; Egelhoff, J.C.; DeMello, D.; Curran, J.G.; Miller, J.H.

Source: Neurographics, 1 December 2014, vol. 4, no. 4, pp. 168-171(4)

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ng.4140093

Transplacental (vertical) transmission of metastatic melanoma is extremely rare. We describe the brain MR imaging findings of the ninth reported case of maternally derived congenital melanoma, the third with known brain metastases.

Keywords: BRAF = B-Raf proto-oncogene

Document Type: Research Article

Publication date: December 1, 2014

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