ArticleRespiratory medicine case reports2023
A rare case of endobronchial melanoma of unknown primary.
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- Primary endobronchial melanoma: a case report and clinical management indications.BMC pulmonary medicine · 2024Pooled it
- Malignant melanoma of the conjunctiva metastatic to the parotid gland: a case report.Journal of medical case reports · 2025Article
- Primary malignant melanoma of the lung; a case report and literature review.Respiratory medicine case reports · 2025Article
- Endobronchial melanoma metastasis. A rare relapse.Respiratory medicine case reports · 2025Article
- Comprehensive Literature Review on Melanoma of Unknown Primary Site Triggered by an Intriguing Case Report.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Melanoma of Unknown Primary With Metastasis to the Brain: A Case Report and Review of the Literature.Cureus · 2024Article
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Abstract
A 62-year-old man who presented with complaints of cough and hemoptysis was found to have an endobronchial tumor which obstructed the lingular bronchus. Histopathologic examination of a bronchoscopic biopsy of the tumor was consistent with malignant melanoma. Skin, mucosal, and eye examinations failed to detect the primary site of melanoma and the patient was diagnosed with endobronchial melanoma of unknown primary (MUP). Although the patient underwent a curative surgical resection, recurrence was detected in 4 months. Endobronchial MUP is a rare presentation of melanoma and better therapeutic strategies need to be established.
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