Multiple Tracheobronchial Melanomas With Ten-Year Survival

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Abstract
TRACHEOBRONCHIAL melanoma is extremely rare. Reviewing the literature in 1963, Salm1 encountered four cases and added one of his own, but he pointed out that three of the previous cases lacked sufficient documentation. The only case that he accepted as being adequately documented was that of Allen and Spitz,2 which presented with a bronchial lesion six years after the removal of a melanoma from the palate. Report of a Case In May 1951 this 46-year-old woman had a melanoma excised from her left cheek. She was then asymptomatic until April 1954, when she was admitted to the Jewish Hospital because of hemoptysis. Physical examination, routine laboratory work, and chest x-rays showed no abnormalities. At bronchoscopy, a fungating mass partially obstructing both main bronchi was seen. It was partially removed and the base was fulgurated. Microscopic diagnosis of the material was malignant melanoma. Bronchoscopy was repeated a few days

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