World Neurosurg
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Review Case Reports
The spinal metastatic melanoma with unknown primary lesions presenting as radiculopathy：Case report and literature review.
Metastatic malignant melanoma of the spine is rare, while the spinal metastatic melanoma with unknown primary lesions presenting as radiculopathy is even rarer. Summarizing and analyzing this disease can provide insight into disease development and allow optimization of clinical management. ⋯ Although spinal metastatic melanoma with unknown primary lesions presenting as radiculopathy is rare, effective management and treatment of these patients remains an important challenge for surgeons. Surgical resection can alleviate patients' chief complaints and improve their quality of life. However, it may not prolong the survival period and improve the prognosis. Postoperative radiotherapy and/or chemotherapy may be needed.
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Reports on neurologic manifestations of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) have attracted broad attention. We present an unusual case of COVID-19-associated encephalitis mimicking a glial tumor. ⋯ Our case raises awareness of neurologic manifestations of the disease and their potential to mimic glial tumors. For prompt diagnosis and prevention of transmission, clinicians should consider COVID-19 in patients with similar presentation.