It is not always easy to differentiate between primary and metastatic pulmonary malignant melanoma

KESKİN H., Baysal S. A.

EURASIAN JOURNAL OF PULMONOLOGY, cilt.21, sa.2, ss.132-134, 2019 (ESCI) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 21 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2019
  • Doi Numarası: 10.4103/ejop.ejop_48_18
  • Dergi Adı: EURASIAN JOURNAL OF PULMONOLOGY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.132-134
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Metastasis, primary pulmonary malignant melanoma, treatment, CHOROIDAL MELANOMA
  • Akdeniz Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Primary pulmonary malignant melanoma is an extremely rare tumor, and its diagnosis is just as difficult to clinically verify. Since malignant melanomas can metastasize even after many years, detailed past medical history and thorough physical examination of the patient are imperative in verifying the diagnosis. In this article, where we present a case with a histopathological diagnosis of malignant melanoma, we would like to emphasize that malignant melanoma can metastasize even many years after treatment.