A Case of Primary Melanoma of the Transverse Colon

Melanoma is among the most prevalent neoplasms diagnosed annually with the vast majority arising from a cutaneous origin. Though there are described metastases to the gastrointestinal tract, there are only rare descriptions of primary gastrointestinal melanoma. Both diagnosis and management of this...

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Autores principales: Raja, Junaid, Hegde, Rakesh, Srodon, Monica, Katoch, Annamika, Kurtzman, Scott, Zhang, Zhongqiu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2017
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Oncology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5749940/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29308331
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.1803
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author Raja, Junaid
Hegde, Rakesh
Srodon, Monica
Katoch, Annamika
Kurtzman, Scott
Zhang, Zhongqiu
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Zhang, Zhongqiu
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description Melanoma is among the most prevalent neoplasms diagnosed annually with the vast majority arising from a cutaneous origin. Though there are described metastases to the gastrointestinal tract, there are only rare descriptions of primary gastrointestinal melanoma. Both diagnosis and management of this unique population can be challenging given the infrequency with which it occurs. To follow is the third reported case of transverse colon primary melanoma with a description of multimodality treatment with surgery, chemotherapy, and immunotherapy.
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spelling pubmed-57499402018-01-05 A Case of Primary Melanoma of the Transverse Colon Raja, Junaid Hegde, Rakesh Srodon, Monica Katoch, Annamika Kurtzman, Scott Zhang, Zhongqiu Cureus Oncology Melanoma is among the most prevalent neoplasms diagnosed annually with the vast majority arising from a cutaneous origin. Though there are described metastases to the gastrointestinal tract, there are only rare descriptions of primary gastrointestinal melanoma. Both diagnosis and management of this unique population can be challenging given the infrequency with which it occurs. To follow is the third reported case of transverse colon primary melanoma with a description of multimodality treatment with surgery, chemotherapy, and immunotherapy. Cureus 2017-10-26 /pmc/articles/PMC5749940/ /pubmed/29308331 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.1803 Text en Copyright © 2017, Raja et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
spellingShingle Oncology
Raja, Junaid
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Katoch, Annamika
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5749940/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29308331
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.1803
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