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Endobronchial Malignant Melanoma: An Exceedingly Rare Occurrence

Malignant melanoma is rarely observed to metastasize to endobronchial tissue. We present a case of endobronchial malignant melanoma in a 36-year-old male smoker with a regressed cutaneous lesion. Due to the limited number of cases and poor survival rate, no definitive treatment options are available...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Ghani, Marium, Skavroneck, Sara R, Adlakha, Kiran, Papali, Alfred
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7362634/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32676254
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.8619
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Sumario:Malignant melanoma is rarely observed to metastasize to endobronchial tissue. We present a case of endobronchial malignant melanoma in a 36-year-old male smoker with a regressed cutaneous lesion. Due to the limited number of cases and poor survival rate, no definitive treatment options are available to improve survival in patients with this rare disease presentation. Immunotherapy and surgical removal of locally aggressive tumor have been described, but the definitive role for these therapeutic modalities in the setting of endobronchial metastases remains largely unknown.