Primary melanoma in the bronchus

Primary malignant melanoma of the lung (PMML) is an extremely rare tumor with a dismal prognosis. Distinguishing PMML from metastatic melanoma of the lung can be difficult without an established treatment protocol for advanced PMML. We present a case of immunotherapy‐treated PMML wherein the patient...

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Autores principales: Nigi, Akina, Toyoshima, Hirokazu, Kondo, Shigeto, Tanigawa, Motoaki
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2021
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Clinical Images
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8659558/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34938558
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.5192
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author Nigi, Akina
Toyoshima, Hirokazu
Kondo, Shigeto
Tanigawa, Motoaki
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description Primary malignant melanoma of the lung (PMML) is an extremely rare tumor with a dismal prognosis. Distinguishing PMML from metastatic melanoma of the lung can be difficult without an established treatment protocol for advanced PMML. We present a case of immunotherapy‐treated PMML wherein the patient died 3 months after treatment.
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spelling pubmed-86595582021-12-21 Primary melanoma in the bronchus Nigi, Akina Toyoshima, Hirokazu Kondo, Shigeto Tanigawa, Motoaki Clin Case Rep Clinical Images Primary malignant melanoma of the lung (PMML) is an extremely rare tumor with a dismal prognosis. Distinguishing PMML from metastatic melanoma of the lung can be difficult without an established treatment protocol for advanced PMML. We present a case of immunotherapy‐treated PMML wherein the patient died 3 months after treatment. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2021-12-09 /pmc/articles/PMC8659558/ /pubmed/34938558 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.5192 Text en © 2021 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_short Primary melanoma in the bronchus
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8659558/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34938558
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.5192
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