[Pleuropulmonary metastasis revealing a malignant melanoma of the conjunctiva in a young subject].

Pan Afr Med J

Service de pneumologie, Hôpital Ibn Sina, Faculté de médecine et de pharmacie Rabat, Maroc.

Published: February 2017

Melanoma of the conjunctiva is a rare tumor with incidence from 0,03 to 0,08 cases per 100000 white population. Metastatic malignant melanoma represents approximately 5% of all secondary malignant lung tumors. We report the unexpected discovery of a pulmonary and pleural metastasis from a conjunctival melanoma in a young subject.

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