Métastases pleuropulmonaires révélant un mélanome malin de la conjonctive chez un sujet jeune

Melanoma of the conjunctiva is a rare tumor with incidence from 0,03 to 0,08 cases per 100000 white population. Metastatic malignant melanoma represents approximately 5% of all secondary malignant lung tumors. We report the unexpected discovery of a pulmonary and pleural metastasis from a conjunctiv...

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Autores principales: El Ouazzani, Hanane, Janah, Hicham, El Machichi, Sabah Alami, Achachi, Leila, Fihry, Mohamed Taoufiq El Fassy, El Ftouh, Mohamed
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The African Field Epidemiology Network 2016
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4867732/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27231507
http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2016.23.98.7246
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Sumario:Melanoma of the conjunctiva is a rare tumor with incidence from 0,03 to 0,08 cases per 100000 white population. Metastatic malignant melanoma represents approximately 5% of all secondary malignant lung tumors. We report the unexpected discovery of a pulmonary and pleural metastasis from a conjunctival melanoma in a young subject.

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