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
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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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author Patel, Ganesh
Saxena, Anil
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Patel, Dinesh
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description 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 a black pleural effusion due to the presence of melanocytes in the pleural fluid. Black pleural fluid should raise the suspicion of malignant melanoma.
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spelling pubmed-60741242018-09-21 Recurrence of malignant melanoma presenting as black-colored pyopneumothorax: a rare entity Patel, Ganesh Saxena, Anil Khangarot, Suman Takhar, Rajendra Prasad Patel, Dinesh Ann Saudi Med Case Report 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 a black pleural effusion due to the presence of melanocytes in the pleural fluid. Black pleural fluid should raise the suspicion of malignant melanoma. King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre 2017 /pmc/articles/PMC6074124/ /pubmed/29229896 http://dx.doi.org/10.5144/0256-4947.2017.469 Text en Copyright © 2017, Annals of Saudi Medicine This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) .
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title Recurrence of malignant melanoma presenting as black-colored pyopneumothorax: a rare entity
title_full Recurrence of malignant melanoma presenting as black-colored pyopneumothorax: a rare entity
title_fullStr Recurrence of malignant melanoma presenting as black-colored pyopneumothorax: a rare entity
title_full_unstemmed Recurrence of malignant melanoma presenting as black-colored pyopneumothorax: a rare entity
title_short Recurrence of malignant melanoma presenting as black-colored pyopneumothorax: a rare entity
title_sort recurrence of malignant melanoma presenting as black-colored pyopneumothorax: a rare entity
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6074124/
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