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Dural-based lesions thought to derive from the leptomeningeal melanocytes. These include both circumscribed mass lesions melanocytoma and malignant melanoma, as well as diffuse leptomeningeal melanocytosis and its malignant counterpart melanomatosis. Diffuse melanocytosis is strongly linked to the rare congenital autosomal dominant phakomatosis neurocutaneous melanosis (Touraine syndrome), the affected patients in addition harbor large and/or multiple cutaneous congenital nevi. These patients are at significantly heightened risk for development of leptomeningeal melanoma or melanomatosis.
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Fuller, C.E. (2010). Melanocytic Lesions. In: Adesina, A., Tihan, T., Fuller, C., Poussaint, T. (eds) Atlas of Pediatric Brain Tumors. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-1062-2_11
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