[Primary malignant melanoma of the trachea. Apropos of a case].
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.
Kamel
A
A
Hôpital Abderrahmane MAMI de Pneumo-phtisiologie de l'Ariana, Tunis, Tunisie.
Chabbou
A
A
Hakim
F
F
Labbane
N
N
Megdiche
L
L
el Gharbi
B
B
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
Mélanome malin primitif de la trachée. A propos d'une observation.