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Diffuse meningeal melanosis

(An unusual presentation)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

Mukhesh Sooknundun
Affiliation:
New Delhi, India
S. K. Kacker*
Affiliation:
New Delhi, India
Mala Gupta
Affiliation:
New Delhi, India
K. Kapila
Affiliation:
New Delhi, India
P. K. Narayan
Affiliation:
New Delhi, India
*
Professor S. K. Kacker, Head of ENT Department, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.

Abstract

An unusual presentation of diffuse meningeal melanosis with involvement of the temporal bones, the spheno-ethmoidal complex, the pharynx and the viscera is reported.

Type
Clinical Records
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1987

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