title: [Primary malignant melanoma of the trachea. Apropos of a case].
abstract: Primary malignant melanoma of the lower airways is very rare. 24 cases have been collected over the past century. Our case was a patient of 52 years of age who had been discovered to have a tracheal tumour which was found to be a malignant melanoma and was treated with a Laser. The major problem is to establish that the tumour is primary. The combination of clinical evidence, paraclinical, subsequent outcome and in certain cases the autopsy enables the diagnosis of a primary tumour to be retained without having absolute certainty because a cutaneous melanoma can disappear after having metastasised.
authors: Hôpital Abderrahmane MAMI de Pneumo-phtisiologie de l'Ariana, Tunis, Tunisie.
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Kamel
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Chabbou
authors: F
authors: F
authors: Hakim
authors: N
authors: N
authors: Labbane
authors: L
authors: L
authors: Megdiche
authors: B
authors: B
authors: el Gharbi
mesh_terms: D004724:Endoscopy; D006801:Humans; D053685:Laser Therapy; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D014134:Tracheal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery
vernacular_title: Mélanome malin primitif de la trachée. A propos d'une observation.