Primary malignant melanoma of the esophagus

Primary malignant melanoma most commonly originates from the skin; other less common extra cutaneous sites include squamous mucous membranes, uvea, retina, leptomeninges, genitourinary tract, digestive tract, biliary tract, and upper respiratory tract. Primary melanoma of the gastrointestinal tract...

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Autores principales: Jora, Charu, Pankaj, Promila, Verma, Ritu, Jain, Anjali, Belho, Ethel S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4379680/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25829739
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-3919.152983
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author Jora, Charu
Pankaj, Promila
Verma, Ritu
Jain, Anjali
Belho, Ethel S.
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description Primary malignant melanoma most commonly originates from the skin; other less common extra cutaneous sites include squamous mucous membranes, uvea, retina, leptomeninges, genitourinary tract, digestive tract, biliary tract, and upper respiratory tract. Primary melanoma of the gastrointestinal tract is exceedingly rare. We are reporting a histo-pathologically proven rare case of primary malignant melanoma of the esophagus and its findings on fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography and computed tomography.
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spelling pubmed-43796802015-04-01 Primary malignant melanoma of the esophagus Jora, Charu Pankaj, Promila Verma, Ritu Jain, Anjali Belho, Ethel S. Indian J Nucl Med Case Report Primary malignant melanoma most commonly originates from the skin; other less common extra cutaneous sites include squamous mucous membranes, uvea, retina, leptomeninges, genitourinary tract, digestive tract, biliary tract, and upper respiratory tract. Primary melanoma of the gastrointestinal tract is exceedingly rare. We are reporting a histo-pathologically proven rare case of primary malignant melanoma of the esophagus and its findings on fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography and computed tomography. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015 /pmc/articles/PMC4379680/ /pubmed/25829739 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-3919.152983 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Nuclear Medicine http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, 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/PMC4379680/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25829739
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-3919.152983
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