title: Malignant melanoma arising from cutaneous bronchogenic cyst of the scapular area.
abstract: Bronchogenic cyst, an uncommon developmental anomaly that originates from the primitive tracheobronchial tree, is rare in the skin. The shoulder region is a particularly rare location. We report a 46-year-old Japanese man with recurrent malignant melanoma that arose from such a cutaneous bronchogenic cyst in the left scapular area. Despite wide local excision and subsequent chemotherapy, he died 18 months after surgery of the melanoma because of its lung metastasis. This is the first case of bronchogenic cyst in which malignant melanoma occurred.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan.
authors.forename: Muneo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tanita
authors.forename: Katsuko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kikuchi-Numagami
authors.forename: Kennichirou
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ogoshi
authors.forename: Toshiaki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: Nobuko
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tabata
authors.forename: Kazuhiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kudoh
authors.forename: Takaki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Suetake
authors.forename: Tohru
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: Hachiro
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tagami
mesh_terms: D001994:Bronchogenic Cyst / Q000473:pathology*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D008875:Middle Aged; D012782:Shoulder; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy