Pleuropulmonary metastasis revealing a malignant melanoma of the conjunctiva in a young subject

Melanoma of the conjunctiva is a rare tumor with incidence from 0,03 to 0,08 cases per 100000 white population. Metastatic malignant melanoma represents approximately 5% of all secondary malignant lung tumors. We report the unexpected discovery of a pulmonary and pleural metastasis from a conjunctiv...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Pan African medical journal 2016, Vol.23, p.98-98
Hauptverfasser:	El Ouazzani, Hanane, Janah, Hicham, El Machichi, Sabah Alami, Achachi, Leila, Fihry, Mohamed Taoufiq El Fassy, El Ftouh, Mohamed
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	fre
Schlagworte:	Adult Conjunctival Neoplasms - diagnosis Conjunctival Neoplasms - pathology Humans Lung Neoplasms - pathology Lung Neoplasms - secondary Male Melanoma - diagnosis Melanoma - pathology Pleural Neoplasms - pathology Pleural Neoplasms - secondary
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Zusammenfassung:	Melanoma of the conjunctiva is a rare tumor with incidence from 0,03 to 0,08 cases per 100000 white population. Metastatic malignant melanoma represents approximately 5% of all secondary malignant lung tumors. We report the unexpected discovery of a pulmonary and pleural metastasis from a conjunctival melanoma in a young subject.
ISSN:	1937-8688
DOI:	10.11604/pamj.2016.23.98.7246