title: Multiple lung nodules in a woman with a history of melanoma.
abstract: A 61-year-old Caucasian female presented with a 6-week history of dry persistent cough. She had no shortness of breath, chest pain, fever, chills, or weight loss. She had been diagnosed with melanoma on the left thigh 6 months earlier. It was a spindle cell variant, Clark's grade III, with maximal thickness of 0.5 mm. At the time of diagnosis of melanoma, there was no evidence of metastasis on chest radiographs or computed tomography (CT) of the abdomen and pelvis. Treatment of her melanoma was limited to surgical excision with no subsequent radiation or chemotherapy. Other significant past medical history included hypertension, hypothyroidism, and bilateral breast augmentation. She had a 40 pack-year history of smoking.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, N.C., USA. taylo050@mc.duke.edu
authors.forename: Jennifer L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Taylor
authors.forename: Desirée M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Quiñones Maymí
authors.forename: Thomas A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Sporn
authors.forename: H Page
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: McAdam
authors.forename: Momen M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Wahidi
mesh_terms: D015897:Comorbidity; D005260:Female; D006646:Histiocytosis, Langerhans-Cell / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008545:Melanoma / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed