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Diffusely pigmented meningeal melanocytoma of the cervical spine

Diffusely pigmented meningeal melanocytoma of the cervical spine, with peritheliomatous arrangement (ie, tumor cells around blood vessels with necrosis of tumor cells further away from vessels) (hematoxylin and eosin stain, 40x magnification). (Source: Srirama Jayamma S, Sud S, Buxi T, Madan VS, Goyal A, Dhawan S. Cervical spinal meningeal melanocytoma presenting as intracranial superficial siderosis. Case Rep Radiol 2015;2015:674868. Creative Commons Attribution License.)

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