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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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
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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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author Patil, Mangaladevi S.
Day, Kristopher M.
Aswad, Bassam I.
Hart, Jesse
Ng, Thomas
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description 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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spelling pubmed-48415662016-04-25 A case of recurrent desmoplastic malignant melanoma presenting as empyema with underlying lung mass Patil, Mangaladevi S. Day, Kristopher M. Aswad, Bassam I. Hart, Jesse Ng, Thomas J Surg Case Rep Case Reports 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. Oxford University Press 2016-04-22 /pmc/articles/PMC4841566/ /pubmed/27106614 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjw029 Text en Published by Oxford University Press and JSCR Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved. © The Author 2016. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com
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A case of recurrent desmoplastic malignant melanoma presenting as empyema with underlying lung mass
title A case of recurrent desmoplastic malignant melanoma presenting as empyema with underlying lung mass
title_full A case of recurrent desmoplastic malignant melanoma presenting as empyema with underlying lung mass
title_fullStr A case of recurrent desmoplastic malignant melanoma presenting as empyema with underlying lung mass
title_full_unstemmed A case of recurrent desmoplastic malignant melanoma presenting as empyema with underlying lung mass
title_short A case of recurrent desmoplastic malignant melanoma presenting as empyema with underlying lung mass
title_sort case of recurrent desmoplastic malignant melanoma presenting as empyema with underlying lung mass
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url 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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