Primary Malignant Melanoma of the Esophagus

Primary malignant melanoma of the esophagus (PMME) comprises only 0.1–0.2% of all malignant esophageal tumors. PMME tumors are highly aggressive and metastasize early via hematogenic and lymphatic pathways. Treatment outcome is poor because the cancer has often advanced at the time of diagnosis. Ino...

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Autores principales: Yonal, Oya, Ibrisim, Duygu, Songur, Yildiran, Cakaloglu, Yilmaz, Tuncer, Koray, Kirimlioglu, Hale, Ozdil, Sadakat
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: S. Karger AG 2013
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Published online: June, 2013
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3724127/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23898233
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000353637
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author Yonal, Oya
Ibrisim, Duygu
Songur, Yildiran
Cakaloglu, Yilmaz
Tuncer, Koray
Kirimlioglu, Hale
Ozdil, Sadakat
author_facet Yonal, Oya
Ibrisim, Duygu
Songur, Yildiran
Cakaloglu, Yilmaz
Tuncer, Koray
Kirimlioglu, Hale
Ozdil, Sadakat
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description Primary malignant melanoma of the esophagus (PMME) comprises only 0.1–0.2% of all malignant esophageal tumors. PMME tumors are highly aggressive and metastasize early via hematogenic and lymphatic pathways. Treatment outcome is poor because the cancer has often advanced at the time of diagnosis. Inoperability, unsuccessful treatment with radiotherapy and chemotherapy in advanced tumors and metastases have contributed to its poor prognosis. Here, we present the endoscopic features, endoscopic ultrasonography findings and management of a PMME case.
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spelling pubmed-37241272013-07-29 Primary Malignant Melanoma of the Esophagus Yonal, Oya Ibrisim, Duygu Songur, Yildiran Cakaloglu, Yilmaz Tuncer, Koray Kirimlioglu, Hale Ozdil, Sadakat Case Rep Gastroenterol Published online: June, 2013 Primary malignant melanoma of the esophagus (PMME) comprises only 0.1–0.2% of all malignant esophageal tumors. PMME tumors are highly aggressive and metastasize early via hematogenic and lymphatic pathways. Treatment outcome is poor because the cancer has often advanced at the time of diagnosis. Inoperability, unsuccessful treatment with radiotherapy and chemotherapy in advanced tumors and metastases have contributed to its poor prognosis. Here, we present the endoscopic features, endoscopic ultrasonography findings and management of a PMME case. S. Karger AG 2013-06-25 /pmc/articles/PMC3724127/ /pubmed/23898233 http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000353637 Text en Copyright © 2013 by S. Karger AG, Basel http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an Open Access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported license (CC BY-NC) (www.karger.com/OA-license), applicable to the online version of the article only. Users may download, print and share this work on the Internet for noncommercial purposes only, provided the original work is properly cited, and a link to the original work on http://www.karger.com and the terms of this license are included in any shared versions.
spellingShingle Published online: June, 2013
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Ozdil, Sadakat
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