You are here

Article Text

Article menu
Download PDFPDF
Articles
Melanoma and pigmentation of the leptomeninges in Ugandan Africans
  1. M. G. Lewis
  1. Pathology Department, Makerere Medical College, Kampala, Uganda

    Abstract

    A case of leptomeningeal melanoma in an African child of 7 years is presented together with a survey of pigmentation in the normal African brain.

    There is a direct relationship between the depth of pigment of the leptomeninges and the skin in Ugandan Africans, suggesting that similar factors operate in the control of melanocytes in these two sites.

    https://doi.org/10.1136/jcp.22.2.183

    Statistics from Altmetric.com

      Request Permissions

      If you wish to reuse any or all of this article please use the link below which will take you to the Copyright Clearance Center’s RightsLink service. You will be able to get a quick price and instant permission to reuse the content in many different ways.