[Pulmonary and pleural metastases in malignant melanoma]

Clinical reports on first metastases of a malignant melanoma in lung or pleura or of such metastases which are observed before detection of the primary tumor are relatively rare. That is especially typical for metastases of intraocular melanomas. In the time from 1970 till 1984 we have observed in our hospital five cases of pulmonary or pleural metastases of malignant melanomas. We demonstrate a summary of these including two case reports. Differential diagnostic aspects and conclusions from the pulmological view for the follow-up of patients with melanomas are also given.