Solitary pulmonary metastasis from melanoma
Scialabba, F.A.; DeLuca, S.A.
American Family Physician 41(3): 849-850
1990
ISSN/ISBN: 0002-838X PMID: 2305665 Document Number: 360664
Malignant melanoma often presents with multiple-organ involvement. Pulmonary metastases are present in more than 50 percent of patients with a diagnosis of melanoma at autopsy. Metastases to the lung may be solitary or multiple. Computed tomographic scanning is the most sensitive radiologic method for detecting these pulmonary lesions.
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