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Pulmonary carcinoid associated with melanoma: two cases and a review of the literature
Author(s) -
Rajaratnam R.,
Marsden J.R.,
Marzouk J.,
Hero I.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
british journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.304
H-Index - 179
eISSN - 1365-2133
pISSN - 0007-0963
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2006.07650.x
Subject(s) - medicine , melanoma , pathological , carcinoid tumour , incidence (geometry) , lung , carcinoid tumors , metastasis , pathology , radiology , cancer , cancer research , physics , optics
Summary To our knowledge, this is the first report in the British literature documenting the co‐occurrence of melanoma and pulmonary carcinoid. The only other report is from America and documents pulmonary carcinoid in association with a parathyroid hormone‐producing melanoma. We report two patients with melanoma who presented with nodules on chest X‐ray. Both underwent resection of assumed lung metastasis which unexpectedly revealed primary pulmonary carcinoid. Evidence of an association between these two tumours which show striking biological and pathological similarities is discussed. The incidence of pulmonary carcinoid is increasing and with the improved power of radiological assessment we may see additional accounts of such an association in the near future.