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Malignant melanoma of the chest wall with an unknown primary lesion

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We report herein the case of a 66-year-old man who underwent resection and reconstruction of the chest wall due to the presence of a malignant melanoma without a detectable primary lesion. The patient was discharged in good condition after receiving chemotherapy but eventually died of multiple bone metastases 2 years after surgery. Throughout the postoperative course, there were no specific symptoms or findings suggesting the presence of a primary lesion. It was considered likely that the primary tumor was resolved by spontaneous regression after chest wall metastasis had been established.

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  1. Second Department of Surgery, Kagoshima University, Faculty of Medicine, 8-35-1 Sakuragaoka, 890-0075, Kagoshima, Japan

    Goichi Yotsumoto, Shinji Shimokawa, Akihiro Yamaoka, Shun-ichi Watanabe, Yoshifumi Matsushita & Akira Taira

  2. Second Department of Pathology, Kagoshima University, Faculty of Medicine, 890, Kagoshima, Japan

    Yoshifumi Matsushita

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Yotsumoto, G., Shimokawa, S., Yamaoka, A. et al. Malignant melanoma of the chest wall with an unknown primary lesion. Jpn J Thorac Caridovasc Surg 46, 399–401 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03217762

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