Solitary pulmonary metastasis from melanoma.
Malignant melanoma often presents with multiple-organ involvement. Pulmonary metastases are present in more than 50 percent of patients with a diagnosis of melanoma at autopsy. Metastases to the lung may be solitary or multiple. Computed tomographic scanning is the most sensitive radiologic method for detecting these pulmonary lesions.
Scialabba
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Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston.
DeLuca
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D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed