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ArticleCureus2024

Pleural Metastatic Melanoma With Recurrent Malignant Pleural Effusions.

Sonal Prasad, Jay Xiong, Jasleen Kaur

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Article in Cureus, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Sonal PrasadInternal Medicine, St. Joseph's Medical Center, Stockton, USA.
Jay XiongInternal Medicine, St. Joseph's Medical Center, Stockton, USA.
Jasleen KaurInternal Medicine, St. Joseph's Medical Center, Stockton, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pleural metastatic melanoma is rare, and associated malignant pleural effusions are even rarer. We present a case of pleural metastatic melanoma with recurrent malignant pleural effusions. The initial diagnosis showed no metastatic disease, and the patient underwent resection and received a year of immunotherapy for localized disease. However, two years later, the patient presented with pleural metastatic melanoma with unresolving malignant pleural effusions requiring an indwelling pleural catheter and eventually, thoracotomy with decortication. Clinicians should have a high index of suspicion for pleural metastatic melanoma in the setting of recurrent pleural effusions, even though it is a rare occurrence.

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decorticationmalignant pleural effusionsmetastatic melanomapleural melanomapleural metastatic melanoma

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PMID39130922
PMCPMC11316843

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