Primary oesophageal melanoma - a case report
Open Access
- 1 January 2014
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Springer Nature in World Journal of Surgical Oncology
- Vol. 12 (1) , 1-3
Abstract
Primary upper gastrointestinal tract melanoma is a rare but well recognised entity, with a poor prognosis because of delay in diagnosis. Furthermore, it may be difficult to determine whether a gastrointestinal melanoma represents a metastasis or a primary tumour. We report a 67-year-old man with a primary oesophageal melanoma, treated with surgical resection, who remains disease-free two years post resection.Keywords
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