title: Primary malignant achromic melanoma of the lung.
abstract: Currently, less than thirty cases of primary malignant melanoma of the lung have been reported in the literature. Thus, strict criteria for diagnosis have been published and include: malignant melanoma associated with bronchial epithelial changes; a solitary lung tumor; no prior history of skin, mucous membrane, intestinal or ocular melanoma; and absence of any other detectable tumor at the time of diagnosis. In this article we present a case of melanoma of the lung without evidence of extra-pulmonary disease.
authors.affiliation: Centre Valaisan de Pneumologie - Réseau Santé Valais Crans-Montana, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Ilias
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Lazarou
authors.affiliation: Centre Valaisan de Pneumologie - Réseau Santé Valais Crans-Montana, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Lesek
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Purek
authors.affiliation: Histocytopathologie, Institut Central ICHV Sion, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Christophe
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Duc
authors.affiliation: Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève Geneva, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Marc-Joseph
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Licker
authors.affiliation: Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève Geneva, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Anastase
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Spiliopoulos
authors.affiliation: Centre Valaisan de Pneumologie - Réseau Santé Valais Crans-Montana, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Jean-Marie
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Tschopp
keywords: Lung; melanoma; primary; thoracic