Two synchronous lung metastases from malignant melanoma: the same patient but different morphological patterns

Publication date: 2019Source: European Journal of Radiology Open, Volume 6Author(s): Andrea Borghesi, Andrea Tironi, Silvia Michelini, Alessandra Scrimieri, Diego Benetti, Roberto MaroldiAbstractMalignant melanoma is an aggressive cancer with a high metastatic potential. Among the multiple sites of metastatic disease, the lung is one of the most frequently involved sites. Typically, pulmonary metastases from malignant melanoma occur as solid nodules. Rarely, pulmonary involvement in metastatic melanoma occurs as subsolid nodules.The present article describes an unusual case of a patient with malignant melanoma that developed two synchronous pulmonary metastases with two different densities on CT images (one solid and the other subsolid) and different morphological patterns on histologic images. The radiologic-pathologic correlation of these two patterns of presentation was also reported.
Source: European Journal of Radiology Open - Category: Radiology Source Type: research