Primary spinal melanoma treated with adjuvant radiotherapy and concurrent temozolomide: A case report and review of literature

Journal of Cancer Research and Therapeutics
Supriya MallickPramod Kumar Julka

Abstract

Primary intradural extramedullary melanoma of spinal cord is an extremely rare tumor.It accounts for approximately 1% of the total melanoma cases.We report a case of primary intradural extramedullary spinal melanoma in a 28-year-old gentleman who was managed with surgery followed by postoperative radiation with concurrent temozolomide followed by adjuvant temozolomide. The patient had a disease-free survival of 24 months, after which he developed marginal recurrence. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case of a primary spinal cord melanoma. (PSCM) treated with postoperative radiotherapy with concurrent temozolomide followed by adjuvant Temozolomide.

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