A Case Report of Primary Malignant Pulmonary Melanoma

We operated on primary malignant melanoma of the lung, attaching the pericardium, diaphragm, and parietal pleura. A 48-year-old female was admitted to our hospital because of persistent dyspnea and cough. A preoperative computed tomography of the chest revealed 3 lesions in the right lung and a mass...

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Published inTurkish Thoracic Journal Vol. 23; no. 3; pp. 257 - 260
Main Authors Balcı, Akın Eraslan, Kılıç, Murat, Çalık, İlknur, Murat, Ayşe
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Turkish
Published Turkey AVES 01.05.2022
Turkish Thoracic Society
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Case Report
Case studies
Lung cancer
Melanoma
Turkey
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Summary:We operated on primary malignant melanoma of the lung, attaching the pericardium, diaphragm, and parietal pleura. A 48-year-old female was admitted to our hospital because of persistent dyspnea and cough. A preoperative computed tomography of the chest revealed 3 lesions in the right lung and a mass on the diaphragm between the right lung's lower lobe and heart. A middle lobectomy was performed. The mass on the diaphragm had invaded the diaphragm and pericardium strictly. With a pericardiectomy and a diaphragmatic resection, the mass was removed in an en-bloc manner. Adjuvant chemotherapy was started 1 month after surgery and consisted of 5 days course of iv injection of cisplatin (90 mg/kg). The follow-up period was 5 years and uneventful. For primary pulmonary melanoma, even if it has intrapulmonary metastases, surgery and adjuvant chemotherapy can provide uneventful survival for more than 5 years.
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Cite this article as: Balcı, AE, Kılıç M, Çalık İ, Murat A. A case report of primary malignant pulmonary melanoma. Turk Thorac J. 2022;23(3):257-260.
ISSN:1302-7808
2148-7197
2149-2530
1308-5387
DOI:10.5152/TurkThoracJ.2022.19062