Endobronchial Malignant Melanoma: An Exceedingly Rare Occurrence

Malignant melanoma is rarely observed to metastasize to endobronchial tissue. We present a case of endobronchial malignant melanoma in a 36-year-old male smoker with a regressed cutaneous lesion. Due to the limited number of cases and poor survival rate, no definitive treatment options are available...

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Published in:Curēus (Palo Alto, CA) Vol. 12; no. 6; p. e8619
Main Authors: Ghani, Marium, Skavroneck, Sara R, Adlakha, Kiran, Papali, Alfred
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Published: Palo Alto Springer Nature B.V 14.06.2020
Cureus
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Antigens
Biopsy
Bronchoscopy
Case reports
Immunotherapy
Internal Medicine
Medical prognosis
Melanoma
Metastasis
Oncology
Patients
Pulmonology
Rare diseases
Skin cancer
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Abstract Malignant melanoma is rarely observed to metastasize to endobronchial tissue. We present a case of endobronchial malignant melanoma in a 36-year-old male smoker with a regressed cutaneous lesion. Due to the limited number of cases and poor survival rate, no definitive treatment options are available to improve survival in patients with this rare disease presentation. Immunotherapy and surgical removal of locally aggressive tumor have been described, but the definitive role for these therapeutic modalities in the setting of endobronchial metastases remains largely unknown.
AbstractList Malignant melanoma is rarely observed to metastasize to endobronchial tissue. We present a case of endobronchial malignant melanoma in a 36-year-old male smoker with a regressed cutaneous lesion. Due to the limited number of cases and poor survival rate, no definitive treatment options are available to improve survival in patients with this rare disease presentation. Immunotherapy and surgical removal of locally aggressive tumor have been described, but the definitive role for these therapeutic modalities in the setting of endobronchial metastases remains largely unknown.Malignant melanoma is rarely observed to metastasize to endobronchial tissue. We present a case of endobronchial malignant melanoma in a 36-year-old male smoker with a regressed cutaneous lesion. Due to the limited number of cases and poor survival rate, no definitive treatment options are available to improve survival in patients with this rare disease presentation. Immunotherapy and surgical removal of locally aggressive tumor have been described, but the definitive role for these therapeutic modalities in the setting of endobronchial metastases remains largely unknown.
Malignant melanoma is rarely observed to metastasize to endobronchial tissue. We present a case of endobronchial malignant melanoma in a 36-year-old male smoker with a regressed cutaneous lesion. Due to the limited number of cases and poor survival rate, no definitive treatment options are available to improve survival in patients with this rare disease presentation. Immunotherapy and surgical removal of locally aggressive tumor have been described, but the definitive role for these therapeutic modalities in the setting of endobronchial metastases remains largely unknown.
Author Papali, Alfred
Adlakha, Kiran
Ghani, Marium
Skavroneck, Sara R
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Internal Medicine
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Metastasis
Oncology
Patients
Pulmonology
Rare diseases
Skin cancer
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