title: Primary malignant melanoma of the mediastinum: radiologic and pathologic correlation in two case.
abstract: Primary malignant melanoma of the anterior mediastinum is extremely rare, accounting for 0.1-0.5% of all primary malignant neoplasms. These tumors may be mistakenly diagnosed as lymphomas, thymic carcinomas and malignant germ-cell tumors of the mediastinum. We describe two cases of primary malignant melanomas of the anterior mediastinum and report their CT and pathology findings.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology and Research Institute of Radiology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul 138-736, Korea.
authors.forename: Sun-Young
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Mi Young
authors.initials: MY
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Eun Jin
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Chae
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D008545:Melanoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
keywords: Anterior mediastinum; CT; Malignant melanoma; Mediastinal melanoma; Mediastinal neoplasm