An unusual association of malignant melanoma and small cell lung cancer: case report. An eleven-year-follow-up.
The authors report the case of a patient affected by malignant melanoma and small cell lung cancer. After having underlined the rareness of this pathological association, reviewing the most recent literature, the description of the clinical case aims at opening a discussion on how the surgical treatment performed, associated to chemotherapy, brought to an unhoped-for success, also helped by an unexpected combination of events that were absolutely out of any protocol. Eleven years later, at the present follow-up, the patient shows a complete remission of both diseases.
Bruno
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Dipartimento di Medicina Interna, Università degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza, Roma, Italy. guglielmo.bruno@uniroma1.it
Coppola
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Eleuteri
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Barucco
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M
Molfetta
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R
Bruno
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Angelini
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L
D000328:Adult; D018288:Carcinoma, Small Cell / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D008545:Melanoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D013997:Time Factors