Ann Surg Case Rep | Volume 3, Issue 1 | Case Report | Open Access

Melanoma Seeding at the Chest-Wall Port Site Following the Thoracoscopic Removal of a Right Lower Lobe Metastasis

Mai Mazarieb, Milton Saute and Haim Gutman

Department of General Surgery, Rabin Medical Center, Israel
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Rabin Medical Center, Israel
Department of Surgical Oncology, Rabin Medical Center, Israel
Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel

^*Correspondance to: Mai Mazarieb 

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Abstract

Malignant melanoma is a cutaneous neoplasia with very high mortality rates that is one of the most aggressively-disseminating malignancies. It has been estimated that between 10% to 40% of melanoma patients will experience metastases into the lung. Here, we present a case of a recurrence of melanoma at the chest wall port site, following a thoracoscopic procedure to remove a metastatic lesion on the right lower pulmonary lobe.

Keywords:

Malignant melanoma; Melanoma port site metastasis; Thoracoscopic procedure

Citation:

Mazarieb M, Saute M, Gutman H. Melanoma Seeding at the Chest-Wall Port Site Following the Thoracoscopic Removal of a Right Lower Lobe Metastasis. Ann Surg Case Rep. 2020; 3(1): 1026.