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Case Reports
. 2011 Nov;38(12):2423-5.

[A case of malignant melanoma of the esophagus]

[Article in Japanese]
Yuko Matsushima  1 , Ryohei Kawabata, Hiroshi Imamura, Tomono Kishimoto, Tameyoshi Yamamoto, Hiroyoshi Takemoto, Mutsumi Fukunaga, Hiroki Ohsato, Hiroshi Furukawa, Satoru Munakata
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  • PMID: 22202401
Case Reports

[A case of malignant melanoma of the esophagus]

[Article in Japanese]
Yuko Matsushima et al. Gan To Kagaku Ryoho. 2011 Nov.

Abstract

A 56-year-old female with chest pain after a meal was found to have the black mucous membrane of the middle intrathoracic esophagus by esophagogastroduodenoscopy. The lesion was diagnosed as primary malignant esophageal melanoma without lymph nodes and other organ metastasis. We underwent a subtotal esophageal by right thoracotomy and laparotomy. She survives with relapse-free for 3 years after the surgery. There is no standard therapy because primary malignant esophageal melanoma is not common. However, we thought a surgical treatment should be performed for a curatively resectable case.

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