title: Primary malignant melanoma of the lung: a case report.
abstract: Primary malignant melanoma of the lung is a very rare disease with about 40 cases reported in English literature. We report a 49-year-old female with history of 2 month chest pain who was revealed to have a peripheral lung mass in left upper lobe by chest CT scan. Left upper lobectomy was performed and post-operative pathology revealed to be primary malignant melanoma of the lung. 4 months after operation, a node in right breast was found by patient herself and needle aspiration biopsy revealed to be breast cancer. The patient refused any diagnostic and therapeutic procedure and died of extensive metastasis 3 months later. Primary malignant melanoma of the lung is highly malignant disease with poor prognosis in most patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Affiliated Hospital of Luzhou Medical College Luzhou, Sichuan 646000, China.
authors.forename: Gao-Hua
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Luzhou Medical College Luzhou, Sichuan 646000, China.
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Luzhou Medical College Luzhou, Sichuan 646000, China.
authors.forename: Hui
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Dong
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Affiliated Hospital of Luzhou Medical College Luzhou, Sichuan 646000, China.
authors.forename: Xiao-Jun
authors.initials: XJ
authors.lastname: Tang
keywords: Primary malignant melanoma of the lung (PMML); lobectomy; metastasis; pathology