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Primary pulmonary malignant melanoma: a clinicopathologic study of two cases

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Title
Primary pulmonary malignant melanoma: a clinicopathologic study of two cases
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Diagnostic Pathology, September 2012
DOI 10.1186/1746-1596-7-123
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Li Gong, Xiao-Yan Liu, Wen-Dong Zhang, Shao-Jun Zhu, Li Yao, Xiu-Juan Han, Miao Lan, Yan-Hong Li, Wei Zhang

Abstract

Malignant melanoma involving the respiratory tract is nearly always metastatic in origin, and primary tumors are very rare. To our knowledge, about 30 cases have been reported in the English literature, one of which involved multiple brain metastases. Here, we report two cases of primary pulmonary malignant melanoma. The first case, which occurred in a 52-year-old Chinese female patient who died 4 months after the initial diagnosis, involved rapid intrapulmonary and intracranial metastases. The second patient, a 65-year-old female, underwent surgical excision, and clinical examination, histopathological characteristics, and immunohistochemical features supported the diagnosis of pulmonary malignant melanoma. No evidence for recurrence and/or metastasis has been found more than one year after the initial surgery. To establish the diagnosis of primary pulmonary malignant melanoma, any extrapulmonary origin must be excluded by detailed examination. Moreover, the tumor should be removed surgically whether it occurs as a single lesion or multiple lesions.

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Country Count As %
Brazil 1 6%
Unknown 17 94%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 3 17%
Student > Postgraduate 3 17%
Student > Master 3 17%
Student > Bachelor 2 11%
Student > Doctoral Student 1 6%
Other 3 17%
Unknown 3 17%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 9 50%
Computer Science 1 6%
Neuroscience 1 6%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 1 6%
Unknown 6 33%
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