Cutaneous malignant melanoma with metastatic intracerebral space occupying lesion

ABSTRACT

A detailed case report of a patient with cutaneous malignant melanoma having a metastatic intracerebral space occupying lesion causing hemiplegia has been presented. A brief and relevant review of the subject has been summarized. It is our conclusion that [a] in the presence of slight pigmentation at the edge of any nodular or ulcerated lesion a diagnosis of malignant melanoma should be considered especially in sites where a predisposing mole may or can not have been noticed; [b] it is necessary to carry out thorough clinical, laboratory and radiological investigations to detect the presence of lymphatic or visceral [lung/liver/cerebral] metastasis, and [c] intracerebral metastatic lesions of malignant melanoma are uncommon and such lesions presenting as space occupying lesion in the brain are extremely rare