Affiliations 

  • 1 Medical Department, Melaka General Hospital, Melaka, Malaysia. Email: peterlow4964@gmail.com
  • 2 Department of Medicine, Segamat Hospital, Johor, Malaysia
  • 3 Medical Department, Hospital Queen Elizabeth, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
MyJurnal

Abstract

Primary pleural melanoma is a very rare condition
and highly aggressive tumour. A patient presented
with productive cough, haemoptysis, pluritic chest
pain and breathlessness. On investigation, she was
diagnosed as left-sided lung mass with pleural
effusion. Pleural biopsy confirmed malignant
melanoma of pleura and she was subsequently
referred to the oncology team for palliative
chemotherapy. In conclusion, primary pleural
melanoma remains a rare disease with no proven
effective treatment regime available.