A case of recurrent desmoplastic malignant melanoma presenting as empyema with underlying lung mass

Desmoplastic malignant melanoma (DMM) is an extremely rare subtype of cutaneous melanoma that has diverse clinical presentations. We describe the unique case of a 57-year-old man presenting with empyema secondary to vascular occlusion from metastatic DMM. Only two other cases of DMM presenting as a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Patil, Mangaladevi S., Day, Kristopher M., Aswad, Bassam I., Hart, Jesse, Ng, Thomas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2016
Materias:
Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4841566/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27106614
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjw029
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Sumario:Desmoplastic malignant melanoma (DMM) is an extremely rare subtype of cutaneous melanoma that has diverse clinical presentations. We describe the unique case of a 57-year-old man presenting with empyema secondary to vascular occlusion from metastatic DMM. Only two other cases of DMM presenting as a lung mass have been previously reported in the literature. This report highlights potential insidious pathology of DMM, which requires a high clinical suspicion to properly diagnose and manage.

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