title: Primary Pulmonary Malignant Melanoma: An Unexpected Tumor.
abstract: Malignant melanoma occurs most frequently on the skin. However, it can also arise in other organs and tissues of the body. Primary pulmonary malignant melanoma is a very rare non-epithelial neoplasm accounting for 0.01% of all primary pulmonary tumors. The treatment of choice is surgical resection of the tumor with an oncologically adequate margin as in lobectomy or pneumonectomy. The prognosis of this condition is rather poor. Based on previous data, its 5-year survival is at least 10%. Here, we report a case of an 82-year-old woman whose primary pulmonary melanoma was detected incidentally.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Institute of Wonkwang Medical Science, Wonkwang University School of Medicine, Iksan, Korea.
authors.forename: Kyo-Bum
authors.initials: KB
authors.lastname: Hwang
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Institute of Wonkwang Medical Science, Wonkwang University School of Medicine, Iksan, Korea.
authors.forename: Ki-Eun
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Hwang
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Institute of Wonkwang Medical Science, Wonkwang University School of Medicine, Iksan, Korea.
authors.forename: Jae-Wan
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Jung
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Institute of Wonkwang Medical Science, Wonkwang University School of Medicine, Iksan, Korea.
authors.forename: Su-Jin
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Oh
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Institute of Wonkwang Medical Science, Wonkwang University School of Medicine, Iksan, Korea.
authors.forename: Mi-Jeong
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Park
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Institute of Wonkwang Medical Science, Wonkwang University School of Medicine, Iksan, Korea.
authors.forename: Young-Hoon
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Jeong
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Institute of Wonkwang Medical Science, Wonkwang University School of Medicine, Iksan, Korea.
authors.forename: Keum-Ha
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Institute of Wonkwang Medical Science, Wonkwang University School of Medicine, Iksan, Korea.
authors.forename: Eun-Taik
authors.initials: ET
authors.lastname: Jeong
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Institute of Wonkwang Medical Science, Wonkwang University School of Medicine, Iksan, Korea.
authors.forename: Hak-Ryul
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Kim
keywords: Lung; Melanoma