Pleural Melanoma Metastasis.
| Autor: | D'Ambrosio AE; Thoracic Surgery, Grande Ospedale Metropolitano BBM di Reggio Calabria, Reggio Calabria, Italy. Electronic address: ambradambrosio@hotmail.it., Albonico G; Pathological Anatomy, Grande Ospedale Metropolitano BBM di Reggio Calabria, Reggio Calabria, Italy., Enide I; Thoracic Surgery, Grande Ospedale Metropolitano BBM di Reggio Calabria, Reggio Calabria, Italy., Mordà O; Thoracic Surgery, Grande Ospedale Metropolitano BBM di Reggio Calabria, Reggio Calabria, Italy., Maisano M; Pathological Anatomy, Grande Ospedale Metropolitano BBM di Reggio Calabria, Reggio Calabria, Italy., Mondello B; Thoracic Surgery, Grande Ospedale Metropolitano BBM di Reggio Calabria, Reggio Calabria, Italy. |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | The Annals of thoracic surgery [Ann Thorac Surg] 2021 Aug; Vol. 112 (2), pp. e103-e105. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Jan 07. |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2020.09.088 |
| Abstrakt: | Melanomas represent 3% of all skin cancers but 65% of skin cancer deaths. Metastatic melanoma constitutes about 5% of all secondary malignancies of the lung, yet only 2% of patients with thoracic metastases have pleural effusions. We report the case of an 80-year-old patient with right-sided pleural effusion and a history of cutaneous melanoma over the left leg. Thoracoscopy revealed numerous clusters of pink and black masses arising from the visceral and parietal pleura along with the diaphragmatic surface. Biopsies confirmed the diagnosis of metastatic cutaneous melanoma. (Copyright © 2021 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.) |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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