Metastatic Malignant Melanoma of Brain: A Rare Case Report.

Malignant melanoma is third most common cause of brain metastasis after lung and breast cancer. Most patients with brain metastases from malignant melanoma are diagnosed after treatment for known extracranial metastases and have a poor outcome despite various local and systemic therapeutic approaches. Here we discuss an unusual case of a 61-year-old male patient who presented with a brain metastasis as the initial disease presentation and the presumed primary lesion was later found in the gastrointestinal tract and the scalp.

Evaluation of Radiological and Neurological Outcomes after Anterior Cervical Corpectomy with Fusion using Expandable Cage Alone and Expandable Cage with Anterior Cervical Plating.

 After anterior cervical corpectomy expandable cage were used with or without using anterior cervical plate for structural support are being preferred over autologous bone graft and other types of cages. Nowadays, the preferable type of cages and application of anterior cervical plate remain a debatable topic with studies giving divergent results. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the outcomes of expandable cages used alone or expandable cage used with anterior cervical plate following anterior cervical corpectomy.