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
    • ,
  • Min A Kim

      Affiliations

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

      Affiliations

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

      Affiliations

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

      Affiliations

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

References 

  1. Lee HJ, Goo JM, Lee CH, Yoo CG, Kim YT, Im JG. Nodular ground-glass opacities on thin-section CT: size change during follow-up and pathological results. Korean J Radiol. 2007;8:22–31
  2. Park CM, Goo JM, Lee HJ, Lee CH, Chun EJ, Im JG. Nodular ground-glass opacity at thin-section CT: histologic correlation and evaluation of change at follow-up. Radiographics. 2007;27:391–408
  3. Park CM, Goo JM, Kim TJ, Lee HL, Lee KW, Lee CH, et al. Pulmonary nodular ground-glass opacities in patients with extrapulmonary cancers: what is their clinical significance and how can we determine whether they are malignant or benign lesions?. Chest. 2008;133:1402–1409
  4. Okita R, Yamashita M, Nakata M, Teramoto N, Bessho A, Mogami H. Multiple ground-glass opacity in metastasis of malignant melanoma diagnosed by lung biopsy. Ann Thorac Surg. 2005;79:e1–e2
  5. Hasegawa M, Sone S, Takashima S, Li F, Yang ZG, Maruyama Y, et al. Growth rate of small lung cancers detected on mass CT screening. Br J Radiol. 2000;73:1252–1259
  6. Neuman HB, Patel A, Hanlon C, Wolchok JD, Houghton AN, Coit DG. Stage-IV melanoma and pulmonary metastases: factors predictive of survival. Ann Surg Oncol. 2007;14:2847–2853
  7. Colby TV, Noguchi M, Henschke CI, et al. Adenocarcinoma. In:  Travis WD,  Brambilla HK,  Muller-Hermelink K,  Harris CC editor. World health organization classification of tumours. Tumors of the lung, pleura, thymus and heart. 1st ed.. Lyon, PA: LARC Press; 2004;p. 35–44
  8. Kim HT, Kim YW, Kim SY, Bang YJ, Han SK, Kim NK, et al. Endobronchial metastasis of malignant melanoma, diagnosed by bronchoscopy—report of a case. The Korean J Intern Med. 1988;3:77–80

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

Article Tools

* Image Usage & Resolution