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In addition, the disseminated nature of these tumors made it difficult to determinate whether they arose from the meninges or represented metastases from an occult primary melanoma.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>LESSONS<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This case illustrated the challenges presented by the diagnosis of meningeal melanocytic neoplasms and highlighted the importance of integrating the clinical and radiographic findings with histologic appearance and molecular studies.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3171\/case21444","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,11,15]],"date-time":"2021-11-15T02:09:06Z","timestamp":1636942146000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":7,"title":["Primary meningeal melanoma masquerading as neurofibromatosis type 2: illustrative case"],"prefix":"10.3171","volume":"2","author":[{"given":"Melanie","family":"Lang-Orsini","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Departments of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Julian","family":"Wu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Neurosurgery, and"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Carl B.","family":"Heilman","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Neurosurgery, and"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Alina","family":"Kravtsova","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Radiology, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Gene","family":"Weinstein","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Radiology, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Neel","family":"Madan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Radiology, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Knarik","family":"Arkun","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Departments of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine"},{"name":"Neurosurgery, and"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1754","reference":[{"key":"b1","series-title":"WHO Classification of Tumors of the Central Nervous System","author":"Ohgaki H","year":"2016","unstructured":"Ohgaki H, Wiestler OD, Cavenee WK,  WHO Classification of Tumors of the Central Nervous System. 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