Solitary pulmonary metastasis of choroidal malignant melanoma: report of an unusual case.
This brief report describes an unusual case of a patient who had a solitary pulmonary metastasis from an intraocular tumor removed 9 years previously. He was diagnosed by bronchofiberscopy and subjected to right middle lobectomy. Pathological examination revealed that the lesion resulted from direct metastasization to the bronchial wall.
D001999:Bronchoscopy; D002830:Choroid Neoplasms; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D008875:Middle Aged