Primary Malignant Melanoma of the Lung (PMML); A Case Report

Primary pulmonary malignant melanoma (also called primary malignant melanoma of the lung, or PMML) is an exceedingly rare non-epithelial neoplasm, accounting for 0.01% of all primary lung cancers. We report a case of a 63­-year-­old male with no comorbidities who was found to have a large right lung...

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Autores principales: Mada, Pradeep Kumar, Garibay, Meagan, Graham, Robbie L
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Radiation Oncology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10142326/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37123731
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.36850
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description Primary pulmonary malignant melanoma (also called primary malignant melanoma of the lung, or PMML) is an exceedingly rare non-epithelial neoplasm, accounting for 0.01% of all primary lung cancers. We report a case of a 63­-year-­old male with no comorbidities who was found to have a large right lung upper lobe mass and was diagnosed with metastatic primary malignant melanoma of the lung. The outcome for primary pulmonary malignant melanoma is grim, with 5-year survival less than 20%, but many patients have rapid progression and a short life span, even with intervention.
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spelling pubmed-101423262023-04-29 Primary Malignant Melanoma of the Lung (PMML); A Case Report Mada, Pradeep Kumar Garibay, Meagan Graham, Robbie L Cureus Radiation Oncology Primary pulmonary malignant melanoma (also called primary malignant melanoma of the lung, or PMML) is an exceedingly rare non-epithelial neoplasm, accounting for 0.01% of all primary lung cancers. We report a case of a 63­-year-­old male with no comorbidities who was found to have a large right lung upper lobe mass and was diagnosed with metastatic primary malignant melanoma of the lung. The outcome for primary pulmonary malignant melanoma is grim, with 5-year survival less than 20%, but many patients have rapid progression and a short life span, even with intervention. Cureus 2023-03-29 /pmc/articles/PMC10142326/ /pubmed/37123731 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.36850 Text en Copyright © 2023, Mada et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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title_short Primary Malignant Melanoma of the Lung (PMML); A Case Report
title_sort primary malignant melanoma of the lung (pmml); a case report
topic Radiation Oncology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10142326/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37123731
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.36850
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