ArticleThoracic cancer2016
Pulmonary malignant melanoma with distant metastasis assessed by positron emission tomography-computed tomography.
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6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 8 citations in OpenAlex.
- Primary Melanoma of the Lung: A Systematic Review.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2020Pooled it
- Primary pulmonary malignant melanoma with multiple metastases: a case report and literature review.Respiratory medicine case reports · 2025Article
- Pulmonary metastatic melanoma: current state of diagnostic imaging and treatments.Melanoma management · 2021Review
- Lung-only melanoma: UV mutational signature supports origin from occult cutaneous primaries and argues against the concept of primary pulmonary melanoma.Modern pathology : an official journal of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, Inc · 2020Article
- Primary Pulmonary Malignant Melanoma Found While Evaluating New Onset Cough: A Case Presentation and Literature Review.Case reports in pulmonology · 2019Article
- Primary Pulmonary Malignant Melanoma: Report of an Important Entity and Literature Review.Case reports in oncological medicine · 2017Article
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Abstract
Melanoma is a cutaneous malignant neoplasm of melanocytes. Primary malignant melanoma (MM) of the lung is very rare. Although previous reports have described the radiologic features of pulmonary MM, its rarity means that many factors are unknown. Thus, radiologic diagnosis is very difficult. Furthermore, there is little information regarding diagnostic application and/or the usefulness of [(18)F]-fluorine-2-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose positron emission tomography-computed tomography (FDG-PET-CT) for primary pulmonary MM. A 69-year-old patient with a productive cough lasting three weeks was admitted to our hospital. Chest CT showed a large single mass with a multi-lobulated margin and homogeneous enhancement in the right upper lobe, which was subsequently diagnosed as a primary pulmonary MM with multiple metastases. On PET-CT images, the pulmonary mass and multiple bone lesions showed very increased uptakes of FDG. Considering that pulmonary metastasis from a mucocutaneous melanoma is the main differential diagnosis of primary pulmonary MM, systemic assessment of the whole body is more important than for other types of lung malignancies. This report introduces PET-CT as a useful diagnostic modality for pulmonary MM, especially in cases of distant multiple metastases.
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