A rare case of malignant melanoma presenting as anterior-superior mediastinal mass

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

Radiology Case Reports (Mar 2025)

A rare case of malignant melanoma presenting as anterior-superior mediastinal mass

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

Affiliations

Dario Familiari, MD: Thoracic Surgery Unit, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Department, Policlinic University Hospital, University of Messina, Policlinico G. Martino, Messina, Italy; Corresponding author.
Silvana Parisi, MD: Radiation Oncology Unit – Department of Biomedical, Dental Science and Morphological and Functional Images, University of Messina, Policlinico G. Martino, Messina, Italy
Rossana Rizzo, MD: Thoracic Surgery Unit, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Department, Policlinic University Hospital, University of Messina, Policlinico G. Martino, Messina, Italy
Elena Valenti, MD: Thoracic Surgery Unit, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Department, Policlinic University Hospital, University of Messina, Policlinico G. Martino, Messina, Italy
Flavia Nunnari, MD: Thoracic Surgery Unit, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Department, Policlinic University Hospital, University of Messina, Policlinico G. Martino, Messina, Italy
Michele Sibilio, MD: Thoracic Surgery Unit, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Department, Policlinic University Hospital, University of Messina, Policlinico G. Martino, Messina, Italy
Rosario Marando, MD: Thoracic Surgery Unit, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Department, Policlinic University Hospital, University of Messina, Policlinico G. Martino, Messina, Italy
Giancarlo Pino, MD: Thoracic Surgery Unit, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Department, Policlinic University Hospital, University of Messina, Policlinico G. Martino, Messina, Italy
Francesco Monaco, MD: Thoracic Surgery Unit, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Department, Policlinic University Hospital, University of Messina, Policlinico G. Martino, Messina, Italy

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 20, no. 3
pp. 1749 – 1754

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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.

Published in Radiology Case Reports

ISSN: 1930-0433 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General): Medical physics. Medical radiology. Nuclear medicine
Website: https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/radiology-case-reports

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