Long-term survival after pneumonectomy for primary pulmonary malignant melanoma

Madeline K Mahowald; Bassam I Aswad; Ikenna C Okereke; Thomas Ng

doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.06.110

Long-term survival after pneumonectomy for primary pulmonary malignant melanoma

Ann Thorac Surg. 2015 Apr;99(4):1428-30. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.06.110.

Authors

Madeline K Mahowald¹, Bassam I Aswad², Ikenna C Okereke¹, Thomas Ng³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island.
² Department of Pathology, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island.
³ Department of Surgery, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island. Electronic address: tng@usasurg.org.

PMID: 25841827
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.06.110

Abstract

As few as 30 cases of primary malignant melanoma of the lung have been reported in the literature. Many patients die within months of diagnosis; few published cases describe patients who survive long-term after treatment. We report a case of primary pulmonary malignant melanoma in a patient who remains disease-free 60 months after pneumonectomy.

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Biopsy, Needle
Bronchoscopy / methods
Disease-Free Survival
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Immunohistochemistry
Lung Neoplasms / diagnosis
Lung Neoplasms / pathology*
Lung Neoplasms / surgery*
Lymph Nodes / pathology*
Mediastinoscopy / methods
Melanoma / diagnosis
Melanoma / pathology*
Melanoma / surgery*
Pneumonectomy / methods*
Rare Diseases
Thoracotomy / methods
Time Factors