Primary pulmonary malignant melanoma presenting with haemoptysis.
Primary pulmonary melanoma is a rare disease, and only 20 cases have been published previously in the English literature. A 44-year-old woman presented initially with haemoptysis, and a chest roentgenogram showed a single lung mass. The diagnosis of primary pulmonary melanoma necessitates reliance on both clinical and histological criteria. The image of endobronchial ultrasonography (EBUS) in our case was not distinct from the image of lung cancer.
Lie
Chien-Hao
CH
Chao
Tung-Ying
TY
Chung
Yu-Hsiu
YH
Lin
Meng-Chih
MC
D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D019160:Endosonography; D005260:Female; D006469:Hemoptysis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D008545:Melanoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed