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Revista de la Asociación Médica del Centro Médico ABC

2012, Number 1

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An Med Asoc Med Hosp ABC 2012; 57 (1)

Acute confussional syndrome as primary manifestation of brain metastasis of malignant melanoma

Valdés-Barajas R, Vargas-Chávez DA, Collado-Ortiz MÁ, De Leo-Vargas R, Shkurovich-Bialik P, Collado-Corona MÁ

Language: Spanish
References: 10
Page: 48-52
PDF size: 112.38 Kb.


ABSTRACT

A 54 year-old male presented to our institution with a one week history of acute confussional syndrome followed by dysarthria, judgement and memory failure. The physical exam revealed papilledema of the left eye. MRI of the brain showed a left frontal lobe tumor together with great edema, which deviate midline structures. Surgical resection was performed and the pathology report was consistent with a metastatic malignant melanoma. The primary tumor was not found. The purpose of this paper is to emphasize the importance of early diagnosis and surgical treatment in this kind of patients.


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