Nevus-Like Appearance of Primary Malignant Melanoma of the Esophagus

The primary malignant melanoma of the esophagus (PMME) is a rare malignant disease, accounting for only 0.1–0.2% of all esophageal neoplasms, and the majority of the patients are diagnosed at advanced stages with poor prognosis. We present here a case of 56-year-old woman with epigastric pain and he...

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Autores principales: Kang, Min-Jung, Yi, Sun Young
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2009
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2716486/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19644559
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2009/285753
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description The primary malignant melanoma of the esophagus (PMME) is a rare malignant disease, accounting for only 0.1–0.2% of all esophageal neoplasms, and the majority of the patients are diagnosed at advanced stages with poor prognosis. We present here a case of 56-year-old woman with epigastric pain and her endoscopic finding revealed several flat and black pigmented mucosal lesions within the distal portion of the esophagus which looked like flat nevus. The histopathology and immunohistochemical profile of the tissue specimens were diagnostic of malignant melanoma.
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spelling pubmed-27164862009-07-30 Nevus-Like Appearance of Primary Malignant Melanoma of the Esophagus Kang, Min-Jung Yi, Sun Young Gastroenterol Res Pract Case Report The primary malignant melanoma of the esophagus (PMME) is a rare malignant disease, accounting for only 0.1–0.2% of all esophageal neoplasms, and the majority of the patients are diagnosed at advanced stages with poor prognosis. We present here a case of 56-year-old woman with epigastric pain and her endoscopic finding revealed several flat and black pigmented mucosal lesions within the distal portion of the esophagus which looked like flat nevus. The histopathology and immunohistochemical profile of the tissue specimens were diagnostic of malignant melanoma. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2009 2009-07-27 /pmc/articles/PMC2716486/ /pubmed/19644559 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2009/285753 Text en Copyright © 2009 M.-J. Kang and S. Y. Yi. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2716486/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19644559
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2009/285753
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