Anal Melanoma in an Elderly Woman Masquerading as Hemorrhoid

Anal melanoma is a rare and aggressive neoplasm of the anal canal seen in the elderly population in the six or seventh decade of their lives. Presentation is usually nonspecific and diagnosis is often delayed or missed initially. The management is surgical and prognosis is poor. Here we present a ca...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Ologun, Gabriel O, Stevenson, Yuan, Shen, Alice, Rana, Navpreet K, Hussain, Amber, Bertsch, David, Cagir, Burt
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2017
Materias:
Family/General Practice
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5786347/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29387509
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.1880
_version_ 1783295775029067776
author Ologun, Gabriel O
Stevenson, Yuan
Shen, Alice
Rana, Navpreet K
Hussain, Amber
Bertsch, David
Cagir, Burt
author_facet Ologun, Gabriel O
Stevenson, Yuan
Shen, Alice
Rana, Navpreet K
Hussain, Amber
Bertsch, David
Cagir, Burt
author_sort Ologun, Gabriel O
collection PubMed
description Anal melanoma is a rare and aggressive neoplasm of the anal canal seen in the elderly population in the six or seventh decade of their lives. Presentation is usually nonspecific and diagnosis is often delayed or missed initially. The management is surgical and prognosis is poor. Here we present a case of anal melanoma in an elderly patient masquerading as hemorrhoid.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-5786347
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2017
publisher Cureus
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-57863472018-01-31 Anal Melanoma in an Elderly Woman Masquerading as Hemorrhoid Ologun, Gabriel O Stevenson, Yuan Shen, Alice Rana, Navpreet K Hussain, Amber Bertsch, David Cagir, Burt Cureus Family/General Practice Anal melanoma is a rare and aggressive neoplasm of the anal canal seen in the elderly population in the six or seventh decade of their lives. Presentation is usually nonspecific and diagnosis is often delayed or missed initially. The management is surgical and prognosis is poor. Here we present a case of anal melanoma in an elderly patient masquerading as hemorrhoid. Cureus 2017-11-26 /pmc/articles/PMC5786347/ /pubmed/29387509 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.1880 Text en Copyright © 2017, Ologun 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 Family/General Practice
Ologun, Gabriel O
Stevenson, Yuan
Shen, Alice
Rana, Navpreet K
Hussain, Amber
Bertsch, David
Cagir, Burt
Anal Melanoma in an Elderly Woman Masquerading as Hemorrhoid
title Anal Melanoma in an Elderly Woman Masquerading as Hemorrhoid
title_full Anal Melanoma in an Elderly Woman Masquerading as Hemorrhoid
title_fullStr Anal Melanoma in an Elderly Woman Masquerading as Hemorrhoid
title_full_unstemmed Anal Melanoma in an Elderly Woman Masquerading as Hemorrhoid
title_short Anal Melanoma in an Elderly Woman Masquerading as Hemorrhoid
title_sort anal melanoma in an elderly woman masquerading as hemorrhoid
topic Family/General Practice
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5786347/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29387509
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.1880
work_keys_str_mv AT ologungabrielo analmelanomainanelderlywomanmasqueradingashemorrhoid
AT stevensonyuan analmelanomainanelderlywomanmasqueradingashemorrhoid
AT shenalice analmelanomainanelderlywomanmasqueradingashemorrhoid
AT rananavpreetk analmelanomainanelderlywomanmasqueradingashemorrhoid
AT hussainamber analmelanomainanelderlywomanmasqueradingashemorrhoid
AT bertschdavid analmelanomainanelderlywomanmasqueradingashemorrhoid
AT cagirburt analmelanomainanelderlywomanmasqueradingashemorrhoid

Ejemplares similares