Primary malignant lung melanoma

Authors

  • Donel González DiazGonzález Diaz Hospital Neumológico Benéfico Jurídico.
  • Drialis Díaz Garrido Drialis Hospital Neumológico Benéfico Jurídico.
  • Manuel Díaz Toledo Díaz Toledo Hospital Neumológico Benéfico Jurídico

Keywords:

Melanoma, malignant melanoma, primary lung tumor

Abstract

Introduction: Malignant melanoma is a tumor of multifactorial etiology, when it affects the respiratory system its origin is almost always metastatic, and as a primary tumor it is very infrequent, it constitutes 0.07% of malignant lung tumors.

Objective: To report a clinical case with a diagnosis of primary malignant melanoma of the lung.

Case report: We report the case of a 64-year-old woman, former smoker, with no history of melanoma, who had dry cough associated with dyspnea with physical exertion and chest pain. In addition to asthenia and weight loss, she had a lung biopsy by bronchoscopy and was diagnosed with melanoma.

Conclusions: Primary pulmonary melanoma is one of the rarest of the visceral melanoma type, this is an infrequent pneumological entity and the precise diagnosis requires detailed investigation and the fulfillment of specific clinical and pathological criteria.

Keywords: Melanoma; malignant melanoma; primary lung tumor.

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Author Biographies

Donel González DiazGonzález Diaz, Hospital Neumológico Benéfico Jurídico.

Especialista de primer grado en Neumología y  MGI

Drialis Díaz Garrido Drialis, Hospital Neumológico Benéfico Jurídico.

Especialista de primer grado en Neumología y MGI. Msc. Urgencias médicas. Instructora

Manuel Díaz Toledo Díaz Toledo, Hospital Neumológico Benéfico Jurídico

Especialista de segundo grado en Neumología y MGI. Msc Longevidad Satisfactoria. Asistente

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Published

2020-07-30

How to Cite

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González DiazGonzález Diaz D, Drialis DDG, Díaz Toledo MDT. Primary malignant lung melanoma. Rev Cubana Med [Internet]. 2020 Jul. 30 [cited 2025 Feb. 11];60(2). Available from: https://revmedicina.sld.cu/index.php/med/article/view/1402

Issue

Vol. 60 No. 2 (2021): abril-junio

Section

Case Reports

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