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Intratracheal metastasis from malignant melanoma
Author(s) -
Koyi Hirsh,
Brandén Eva
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
journal of the european academy of dermatology and venereology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.655
H-Index - 107
eISSN - 1468-3083
pISSN - 0926-9959
DOI - 10.1046/j.1468-3083.2000.00100.x
Subject(s) - medicine , melanoma , metastasis , biopsy , incidence (geometry) , bronchoscopy , radiology , dermatology , cancer , cancer research , physics , optics
Malignant melanoma is increasing in incidence in most countries. Distant metastases are common but intratracheal metastasis is extremely rare. We report a 54‐year‐old man who presented with increasing dyspnoea. Symptomatic treatment for asthma had been of no effect. Bronchoscopy showed that trachea was nearly occluded by a tumoral mass, and biopsy proved this to be a metastasis of malignant melanoma. The man’s breathing difficulties disappeared after local laser therapy, but 2 months later he presented with symptoms of multiple brain metastases.