title: Aggressive behaviour of metastatic melanoma in a patient with neurofibromatosis type 1.
abstract: Malignant melanoma is a common skin neoplasm bearing poor prognosis when presenting with metastases. Rarely melanoma metastases present without an identifiable primary cutaneous lesion despite exhaustive workup. We describe the case of a solitary lung metastasis in a patient with neurofibromatosis type 1 without an identifiable primary tumour. The rapid progression of this malignant neoplasm that led to the patient's death within 1 year is described.
authors.affiliation: School of Medicine and Medical Science, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland ; Conway Institute of Biomedical and Biomolecular Research, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland.
authors.forename: Robert W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Foley
authors.affiliation: School of Medicine and Medical Science, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland.
authors.forename: Robert M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Maweni
authors.affiliation: School of Medicine and Medical Science, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland ; Department of Pathology, St. Vincent's University Hospital, Elm Park, Dublin 4, Ireland.
authors.forename: Aurelie
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fabre
authors.affiliation: School of Medicine and Medical Science, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland ; Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, St. Vincent's University Hospital, Elm Park, Dublin 4, Ireland.
authors.forename: David G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Healy