title: Primary malignant melanoma of the lung.
abstract: Primary malignant melanoma of the lung is a rare neoplasm; to date, there have been approximately 20 cases reported in the literature. Extensive clinical and postmortem examinations are necessary to exclude the possibility that the lung tumor does not represent a metastasis from an occult cutaneous or extracutaneous melanoma. We present a case of a 62-yr-old man who appears to have had a primary melanoma of the left upper lobe of the lung. The literature on primary pulmonary melanoma is also reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Critical Care Medicine, Maine Medical Center, Portland.
authors.forename: S P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Bagwell
authors.forename: S D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Flynn
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Cox
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Davison
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography