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Surgical Treatment of Primary Malignant Melanoma of the Esophagus : A Case Report

Primary malignant melanoma of the esophagus (PMME) is an extremely rare tumor with only scattered cases reported. Although surgical resection has been considered as the best possible option, the prognosis has been nonetheless poor. We report a case of PMME which was treated by surgical resection and...

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Autores principales: Lee, Song Am, Hwang, Jae Joon, Choi, Young Ho
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Academy of Medical Sciences 2007
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2693554/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17297270
http://dx.doi.org/10.3346/jkms.2007.22.1.149
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description Primary malignant melanoma of the esophagus (PMME) is an extremely rare tumor with only scattered cases reported. Although surgical resection has been considered as the best possible option, the prognosis has been nonetheless poor. We report a case of PMME which was treated by surgical resection and additionally followed by chemotherapy. A 60-yr-old man underwent an esophagoscopy due to a 3-month history of dysphagia and upper abdominal discomfort. A pigmented polypoid mass in the lower third of the esophagus was discovered, and a biopsy identified the mass as a malignant melanoma. Consequently, a subtotal esophagectomy and intrathoracic esophagogastrostomy was carried out. At follow-up four months after discharge, lymph node enlargements in the cervical area and celiac axis area were found. As a result, the patients was started on systemic chemotherapy treatment, which included Dacarbazine. The patient has been doing well and is now 35 months post-operative.
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spelling pubmed-26935542009-06-11 Surgical Treatment of Primary Malignant Melanoma of the Esophagus : A Case Report Lee, Song Am Hwang, Jae Joon Choi, Young Ho J Korean Med Sci Case Report Primary malignant melanoma of the esophagus (PMME) is an extremely rare tumor with only scattered cases reported. Although surgical resection has been considered as the best possible option, the prognosis has been nonetheless poor. We report a case of PMME which was treated by surgical resection and additionally followed by chemotherapy. A 60-yr-old man underwent an esophagoscopy due to a 3-month history of dysphagia and upper abdominal discomfort. A pigmented polypoid mass in the lower third of the esophagus was discovered, and a biopsy identified the mass as a malignant melanoma. Consequently, a subtotal esophagectomy and intrathoracic esophagogastrostomy was carried out. At follow-up four months after discharge, lymph node enlargements in the cervical area and celiac axis area were found. As a result, the patients was started on systemic chemotherapy treatment, which included Dacarbazine. The patient has been doing well and is now 35 months post-operative. The Korean Academy of Medical Sciences 2007-02 2007-02-28 /pmc/articles/PMC2693554/ /pubmed/17297270 http://dx.doi.org/10.3346/jkms.2007.22.1.149 Text en Copyright © 2007 The Korean Academy of Medical Sciences http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Surgical Treatment of Primary Malignant Melanoma of the Esophagus : A Case Report
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title_sort surgical treatment of primary malignant melanoma of the esophagus : a case report
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2693554/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17297270
http://dx.doi.org/10.3346/jkms.2007.22.1.149
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