Primary malignant melanoma of the lung; a case report and literature review
Primary pulmonary malignant melanoma is an extremely rare non-epithelial malignancy. Literature is merely limited to a few anecdotal case reports. Herein we present a case of a 74-year-old female who was diagnosed with primary malignant melanoma of the lung. To fully appraise the available evidence,...
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| author | Yub Raj Sedhai Roshan Acharya Priyanka Bhat Subha Saeed Hamza Sohail Shreedhar Kunwar Suman Kadariya Muhammad Altaf Ahmed Irfan Waheed Rodney Steff Tahir Muhammad Abdullah Khan Nisar Kazimuddin Karan Singh |
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| description | Primary pulmonary malignant melanoma is an extremely rare non-epithelial malignancy. Literature is merely limited to a few anecdotal case reports. Herein we present a case of a 74-year-old female who was diagnosed with primary malignant melanoma of the lung. To fully appraise the available evidence, we have sought to perform narrative review of the existing literature. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-e3af5c91c36f4daab91790874e9895c02025-02-09T05:00:20ZengElsevierRespiratory Medicine Case Reports2213-00712025-01-0153102161Primary malignant melanoma of the lung; a case report and literature reviewYub Raj Sedhai0Roshan Acharya1Priyanka Bhat2Subha Saeed3Hamza Sohail4Shreedhar Kunwar5Suman Kadariya6Muhammad Altaf Ahmed7Irfan Waheed8Rodney Steff9Tahir Muhammad Abdullah Khan10Nisar Kazimuddin11Karan Singh12Division of Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Bowling Green, KY, USA; Corresponding author.Division of Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine, Carillion Clinic, Roanoke, VA, USADivision of Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Bowling Green, KY, USADivision of Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Bowling Green, KY, USADivision of Internal Medicine, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Bowling Green, KY, USAKIST Medical College Imadol, Lalitpur, NepalKIST Medical College Imadol, Lalitpur, NepalDivision of Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Bowling Green, KY, USADivision of Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Bowling Green, KY, USADivision of Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Bowling Green, KY, USADivision of Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Bowling Green, KY, USADivision of Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Bowling Green, KY, USADivision of Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Bowling Green, KY, USAPrimary pulmonary malignant melanoma is an extremely rare non-epithelial malignancy. Literature is merely limited to a few anecdotal case reports. Herein we present a case of a 74-year-old female who was diagnosed with primary malignant melanoma of the lung. To fully appraise the available evidence, we have sought to perform narrative review of the existing literature.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213007124001849Malignant melanomaLungHMBCancer |
| spellingShingle | Yub Raj Sedhai Roshan Acharya Priyanka Bhat Subha Saeed Hamza Sohail Shreedhar Kunwar Suman Kadariya Muhammad Altaf Ahmed Irfan Waheed Rodney Steff Tahir Muhammad Abdullah Khan Nisar Kazimuddin Karan Singh Primary malignant melanoma of the lung; a case report and literature review Respiratory Medicine Case Reports Malignant melanoma Lung HMB Cancer |
| title | Primary malignant melanoma of the lung; a case report and literature review |
| title_full | Primary malignant melanoma of the lung; a case report and literature review |
| title_fullStr | Primary malignant melanoma of the lung; a case report and literature review |
| title_full_unstemmed | Primary malignant melanoma of the lung; a case report and literature review |
| title_short | Primary malignant melanoma of the lung; a case report and literature review |
| title_sort | primary malignant melanoma of the lung a case report and literature review |
| topic | Malignant melanoma Lung HMB Cancer |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213007124001849 |
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