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A Retrospective Study, an Initial Lesion of Primary Malignant Melanoma of the Esophagus Revealed by Endoscopy
A 66-year-old man presented to his previous physician with epigastric discomfort in 2014. He was then referred to our hospital due to suspected primary malignant melanoma of the esophagus (PMME). A biopsy showed atypical cells containing melanin granules. A diagnosis of PMME was thus made. We invest...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5596272/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28781311 http://dx.doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.8378-16 |
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author | Fukuda, Sho Ito, Hirotaka Ohba, Reina Sato, Yuichirou Ohyauchi, Motoki Igarashi, Takehiko Obana, Nobuya Iijima, Katsunori |
author_facet | Fukuda, Sho Ito, Hirotaka Ohba, Reina Sato, Yuichirou Ohyauchi, Motoki Igarashi, Takehiko Obana, Nobuya Iijima, Katsunori |
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description | A 66-year-old man presented to his previous physician with epigastric discomfort in 2014. He was then referred to our hospital due to suspected primary malignant melanoma of the esophagus (PMME). A biopsy showed atypical cells containing melanin granules. A diagnosis of PMME was thus made. We investigated the endoscopic findings of the previous physician, which revealed a black point-like pigmentation at the same site since 2009. In 2010, black pigmentation was also observed at the same site. Although esophageal melanosis was suspected, no biopsy was performed. This case demonstrates the process by which esophageal melanomas develop into malignant melanomas. |
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spelling | pubmed-55962722017-09-14 A Retrospective Study, an Initial Lesion of Primary Malignant Melanoma of the Esophagus Revealed by Endoscopy Fukuda, Sho Ito, Hirotaka Ohba, Reina Sato, Yuichirou Ohyauchi, Motoki Igarashi, Takehiko Obana, Nobuya Iijima, Katsunori Intern Med Case Report A 66-year-old man presented to his previous physician with epigastric discomfort in 2014. He was then referred to our hospital due to suspected primary malignant melanoma of the esophagus (PMME). A biopsy showed atypical cells containing melanin granules. A diagnosis of PMME was thus made. We investigated the endoscopic findings of the previous physician, which revealed a black point-like pigmentation at the same site since 2009. In 2010, black pigmentation was also observed at the same site. Although esophageal melanosis was suspected, no biopsy was performed. This case demonstrates the process by which esophageal melanomas develop into malignant melanomas. The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine 2017-08-01 2017-08-15 /pmc/articles/PMC5596272/ /pubmed/28781311 http://dx.doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.8378-16 Text en Copyright © 2017 by The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ The Internal Medicine is an Open Access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. To view the details of this license, please visit (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Case Report Fukuda, Sho Ito, Hirotaka Ohba, Reina Sato, Yuichirou Ohyauchi, Motoki Igarashi, Takehiko Obana, Nobuya Iijima, Katsunori A Retrospective Study, an Initial Lesion of Primary Malignant Melanoma of the Esophagus Revealed by Endoscopy |
title | A Retrospective Study, an Initial Lesion of Primary Malignant Melanoma of the Esophagus Revealed by Endoscopy |
title_full | A Retrospective Study, an Initial Lesion of Primary Malignant Melanoma of the Esophagus Revealed by Endoscopy |
title_fullStr | A Retrospective Study, an Initial Lesion of Primary Malignant Melanoma of the Esophagus Revealed by Endoscopy |
title_full_unstemmed | A Retrospective Study, an Initial Lesion of Primary Malignant Melanoma of the Esophagus Revealed by Endoscopy |
title_short | A Retrospective Study, an Initial Lesion of Primary Malignant Melanoma of the Esophagus Revealed by Endoscopy |
title_sort | retrospective study, an initial lesion of primary malignant melanoma of the esophagus revealed by endoscopy |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5596272/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28781311 http://dx.doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.8378-16 |
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