Clinical Imaging
Volume 34, Issue 5 , Pages 396-399, September 2010

Ground-glass nodules found in two patients with malignant melanomas: different growth rate and different histology

  • Mi-Jin Kang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Seoul National University Hospital, 101, Daehangno, 28, Yeongeon-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul 110-744, South Korea
    • Sanggye Paik Hospital, Inje University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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  • Min A Kim

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Seoul National University Hospital, 101, Daehangno, 28, Yeongeon-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul 110-744, South Korea
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  • Chang Min Park

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Seoul National University Hospital, 101, Daehangno, 28, Yeongeon-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul 110-744, South Korea
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  • Chang-Hyun Lee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Seoul National University Hospital, 101, Daehangno, 28, Yeongeon-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul 110-744, South Korea
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  • Jin Mo Goo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Seoul National University Hospital, 101, Daehangno, 28, Yeongeon-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul 110-744, South Korea
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  • Hyun Ju Lee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Seoul National University Hospital, 101, Daehangno, 28, Yeongeon-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul 110-744, South Korea
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Radiology, Seoul National University Hospital, 101, Daehangno, 28, Yeongeon-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul 110-744, South Korea. Tel.: +82 2 2072 1861; fax: +82 2 743 6385.

Received 1 August 2009; accepted 2 October 2009. published online 13 November 2009.

Abstract 

We report two pathologically proven pure ground-glass nodules found in two patients with malignant melanoma. In one patient, the nodule showed no growth over 2 months and was found to be bronchioloalveolar carcinoma, whereas in the other patient, a nodule grew rapidly over 3 months and was histologically confirmed to be metastatic melanoma.

Keywords: Ground-glass nodule, Bronchioloalveolar carcinoma, Metastasis, Melanoma, Growth rate

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PII: S0899-7071(09)00302-7

doi:10.1016/j.clinimag.2009.10.036

Clinical Imaging
Volume 34, Issue 5 , Pages 396-399, September 2010

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