title: [Primary malignant melanoma of the trachea].
abstract: The paper gives a case report of the primary malignant melanoma of the trachea in a 61 years old patient with micrometastasis in the right upper lobe of the lung. The diagnosis was made after autopsy. Macroscopically, a polypoid, greyish, partly dark brown tumor was found 6 cm above the tracheal bifurcation on the site of connection between the membranous and cartilaginous part. The tumor was fixed to the trachea wall with a very narrow long stalk, causing long dispnoic attacks worsening in a back lying position particularly. Histologically, both the primary tumor and its secondary deposit in the right lobe were found to have similar appearance as a malignant melanoma elsewhere. Melanin pigment was found in abundance here and there and easily detected already in preparations stained by the hematoxylin--eosin method. The large polypoid tumor caused an obstruction of the trachea and finally suffocation.
authors.affiliation: Institut za plućne bolesti i tbc, Zavod za patologiju i dijagnosticku citologiju, Sremska Kamenica.
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Eri
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Stanić
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Stanić
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D014134:Tracheal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology
vernacular_title: Primarni maligni melanom traheje.