Recurrence of malignant melanoma presenting as black-colored pyopneumothorax: a rare entity

We report a 63-year-old patient with black-colored pus (pyopneumothorax) resulting from an infected pleural effusion associated with metastatic malignant melanoma of the skin. The patient was also positive for Pseudomonas, so the color was unexpected. Although rare, malignant melanoma can present as...

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Autores principales: Patel, Ganesh, Saxena, Anil, Khangarot, Suman, Takhar, Rajendra Prasad, Patel, Dinesh
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre 2017
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6074124/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29229896
http://dx.doi.org/10.5144/0256-4947.2017.469

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6074124/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29229896
http://dx.doi.org/10.5144/0256-4947.2017.469

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