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Ultrasonographic detection of intracranial melanocytosis in an infant

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An infant who had an extensive cutaneous melanotic nevus with satellite lesions had cranial US for an unrelated problem. Small spherical echogenic foci in the cerebral and cerebellar parenchyma were identified. Subsequent MRI confirmed these as characteristic of melanotic deposits, thereby identifying this infant as having neurocutaneous melanosis.

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Debra Scott R.D.M.S. is gratefully acknowledged for her role in producing the US images.

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  1. Division of Pediatric Radiology, Department of Radiology, Fletcher Allen Health Care, Burlington, VT, USA

    Jason M. Johnson

  2. Department of Radiology, Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 300 Longwood Ave., Boston, MA, 02215, USA

    Jason M. Johnson & Rita L. Teele

  3. Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

    L. Leigh Patten

  4. Division of Neuroradiology, Department of Radiology, Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

    Caroline D. Robson

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Johnson, J.M., Patten, L.L., Robson, C.D. et al. Ultrasonographic detection of intracranial melanocytosis in an infant. Pediatr Radiol 40, 210–214 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00247-009-1402-7

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