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Case Reports
. 2001 Jul;126(6):557-60.
doi: 10.1016/s0003-3944(01)00553-3.

[Primary malignant melanoma of the esophagus]

[Article in French]
A Khoury-Helou  1 , C Lozac'h, F Vandenbrouke, P Lozac'h
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Case Reports

[Primary malignant melanoma of the esophagus]

[Article in French]
A Khoury-Helou et al. Ann Chir. 2001 Jul.

Abstract

The primary malignant melanoma of the esophagus is a rare tumor. The study aim was to report two cases, one treated by esophagectomy without thoracotomy and the other one by Lewis-Santy type esophagectomy. Both patients had recurrence. One died at the 24th month with liver metastases. The other one who had a cervical invaded lymph node, treated by radio-chemotherapy, is actually in complete remission 9 years after the diagnosis.

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