A rare case of malignant melanoma presenting as anterior-superior mediastinal mass
Mediastinum, as site for malignant melanoma, is extremely rare, both as a primary or metastatic lesion. We present an extremely rare case of primary melanoma presenting as an anterior-superior mediastinal mass in a 65 years-old woman who went to the hospital for neurological symptoms due to unknown...
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| author | Dario Familiari, MD Silvana Parisi, MD Rossana Rizzo, MD Elena Valenti, MD Flavia Nunnari, MD Michele Sibilio, MD Rosario Marando, MD Giancarlo Pino, MD Francesco Monaco, MD |
| author_facet | Dario Familiari, MD Silvana Parisi, MD Rossana Rizzo, MD Elena Valenti, MD Flavia Nunnari, MD Michele Sibilio, MD Rosario Marando, MD Giancarlo Pino, MD Francesco Monaco, MD |
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| description | Mediastinum, as site for malignant melanoma, is extremely rare, both as a primary or metastatic lesion. We present an extremely rare case of primary melanoma presenting as an anterior-superior mediastinal mass in a 65 years-old woman who went to the hospital for neurological symptoms due to unknown metastatic brain melanomas. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-7924dbfa9349471d9d68674eb486c8b72025-01-18T05:04:03ZengElsevierRadiology Case Reports1930-04332025-03-0120317491754A rare case of malignant melanoma presenting as anterior-superior mediastinal massDario Familiari, MD0Silvana Parisi, MD1Rossana Rizzo, MD2Elena Valenti, MD3Flavia Nunnari, MD4Michele Sibilio, MD5Rosario Marando, MD6Giancarlo Pino, MD7Francesco Monaco, MD8Thoracic Surgery Unit, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Department, Policlinic University Hospital, University of Messina, Policlinico G. Martino, Messina, Italy; Corresponding author.Radiation Oncology Unit – Department of Biomedical, Dental Science and Morphological and Functional Images, University of Messina, Policlinico G. Martino, Messina, ItalyThoracic Surgery Unit, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Department, Policlinic University Hospital, University of Messina, Policlinico G. Martino, Messina, ItalyThoracic Surgery Unit, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Department, Policlinic University Hospital, University of Messina, Policlinico G. Martino, Messina, ItalyThoracic Surgery Unit, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Department, Policlinic University Hospital, University of Messina, Policlinico G. Martino, Messina, ItalyThoracic Surgery Unit, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Department, Policlinic University Hospital, University of Messina, Policlinico G. Martino, Messina, ItalyThoracic Surgery Unit, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Department, Policlinic University Hospital, University of Messina, Policlinico G. Martino, Messina, ItalyThoracic Surgery Unit, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Department, Policlinic University Hospital, University of Messina, Policlinico G. Martino, Messina, ItalyThoracic Surgery Unit, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Department, Policlinic University Hospital, University of Messina, Policlinico G. Martino, Messina, ItalyMediastinum, as site for malignant melanoma, is extremely rare, both as a primary or metastatic lesion. We present an extremely rare case of primary melanoma presenting as an anterior-superior mediastinal mass in a 65 years-old woman who went to the hospital for neurological symptoms due to unknown metastatic brain melanomas.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1930043324013608Malignant melanomaMediastinal massMediastinal melanoma |
| spellingShingle | Dario Familiari, MD Silvana Parisi, MD Rossana Rizzo, MD Elena Valenti, MD Flavia Nunnari, MD Michele Sibilio, MD Rosario Marando, MD Giancarlo Pino, MD Francesco Monaco, MD A rare case of malignant melanoma presenting as anterior-superior mediastinal mass Radiology Case Reports Malignant melanoma Mediastinal mass Mediastinal melanoma |
| title | A rare case of malignant melanoma presenting as anterior-superior mediastinal mass |
| title_full | A rare case of malignant melanoma presenting as anterior-superior mediastinal mass |
| title_fullStr | A rare case of malignant melanoma presenting as anterior-superior mediastinal mass |
| title_full_unstemmed | A rare case of malignant melanoma presenting as anterior-superior mediastinal mass |
| title_short | A rare case of malignant melanoma presenting as anterior-superior mediastinal mass |
| title_sort | rare case of malignant melanoma presenting as anterior superior mediastinal mass |
| topic | Malignant melanoma Mediastinal mass Mediastinal melanoma |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1930043324013608 |
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