Primary spinal melanoma treated with adjuvant radiotherapy and concurrent temozolomide: A case report and review of literature.

Primary intradural extramedullary melanoma of spinal cord is an extremely rare tumor.It accounts for approximately 1% of the total melanoma cases.We report a case of primary intradural extramedullary spinal melanoma in a 28-year-old gentleman who was managed with surgery followed by postoperative radiation with concurrent temozolomide followed by adjuvant temozolomide. The patient had a disease-free survival of 24 months, after which he developed marginal recurrence. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case of a primary spinal cord melanoma. (PSCM) treated with postoperative radiotherapy with concurrent temozolomide followed by adjuvant Temozolomide.