Malignant melanoma of the cerebello-pontine angle region

Abstract

A case of malignant melanoma in the cerebello-pontine angle region is presented in a 72 year old female patient, who had neurological examination and CT scan suggestive of acoustic neuroma. The surgical finding and the histological examination provided the diagnosis. As a primary focus was not found on clinical examination and although autopsy was not carried out, there is a possibility of the diagnosis being a primary malignant melanoma in CNS. This specific location for this kind of tumor was found to be rare when literature is looked up.