Primary Malignant Melanoma of the Lung
- 1 June 1989
- journal article
- case report
- Published by American Thoracic Society in American Review of Respiratory Disease
- Vol. 139 (6) , 1543-1547
- https://doi.org/10.1164/ajrccm/139.6.1543
Abstract
Primary malignant melanoma of the lung is a rare neoplasm; to date, there have been approximately 20 cases reported in the literature. Extensive clinical and postmortem examinations are necessary to exclude the possibility that the lung tumor does not represent a metastasis from an occult cutaneous or extracutaneous melanoma. We present a case of a 62-yr-old man who appears to have had a primary melanoma of the left upper lobe of the lung. The literature on primary pulmonary melanoma is also reviewed.Keywords
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