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meningeal melanomatosis (DOID:8243)
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Synonyms: Leptomeningeal melanomatosis
Alt IDs: NCI:C6891, UMLS_CUI:C1266114
Definition: A central nervous system melanocytic neoplasm that is characterized as an extra-axial well-encapsulated malignant tumour with diffuse meningeal growth and dark coloration (due to high melanin contents).


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Mouse Genome Database (MGD), Gene Expression Database (GXD), Mouse Models of Human Cancer database (MMHCdb) (formerly Mouse Tumor Biology (MTB)), Gene Ontology (GO)
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last database update
04/16/2024
MGI 6.23
The Jackson Laboratory