Metastatic melanoma to the lung cured with lobectomy: A case report

Abstract

We herein present the case of a 79-year-old female patient who presents with a single asymptomatic pulmonary nodule, melanocytic in nature, later identified as a remote secondary lesion of a primary cutaneous melanoma that was resected 22 years before presentation. Although quite atypical, the patient underwent resection of the affected pulmonary lobe; follow-up imaging did not reveal any local or distant recurrences.

Keywords

• Melanoma
• Solitary pulmonary nodule
• Lung metastasis
• Lobectomy
• Immunotherapy