A 19-Year-Old Man With Dizziness and Blackout Spells

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Identifier walsh_2005_s4_c4.pdf
Title A 19-Year-Old Man With Dizziness and Blackout Spells
Creator Neil R. Miller; Jaishri Blakeley
Affiliation Baltimore, MD
Subject Melanoma; Leptomeninges
Description A 19-year-old man in good general health except for a history of a C2/odontoid fracture from an MVA in 12/01 presented with a 3-month history of bizarre behavior, dizziness and "black-out" spells. CT scanning and MR imaging revealed multiple enhancing lesions in both the brain and spinal cord. A cisternal tap under fluoroscopy revealed abnormal cells with melanin granules. A diagnosis of leptomeningeal melanomatosis was made.
Date 2005-02-13
Language eng
Format application/pdf
Type Text
Source 2005 North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society Annual Meeting
Collection Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: NANOS Annual Meeting Collection: https://novel.utah.edu/collection/nanos-annual-meeting-collection/
Publisher North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society
Holding Institution Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah
Rights Management Copyright 2011. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright
ARK ark:/87278/s6b02b83
Context URL The NANOS Annual Meeting Neuro-Ophthalmology Collection: https://novel.utah.edu/collection/NAM/toc/
Setname ehsl_novel_nam
ID 181172
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6b02b83
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