Primary esophageal melanoma: a case report.
cancer
esophagectomy
esophagus
malignancy
melanoma
Journal
Melanoma management
ISSN: 2045-0885
Titre abrégé: Melanoma Manag
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101649842
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Dec 2022
Dec 2022
Historique:
received:
04
06
2022
accepted:
25
04
2023
medline:
28
6
2023
pubmed:
28
6
2023
entrez:
28
6
2023
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Primary esophageal melanoma remains a rare entity with less than 350 case reports noted in the current literature. This diagnosis is associated with a poor prognosis and early detection and management remains fundamental. In this report, we examine the case of an 80-year-old female who presented with a 1-year course of progressive dysphagia and weight loss. Investigations revealed a primary esophageal melanoma with no evidence of metastases. Pathology did not identify any targetable markers for systematic therapy and thus the patient successfully underwent a minimally invasive esophagectomy. Her postoperative course involved endoscopic esophageal dilatations due to an anastomotic stricture, as well as primary lung adenocarcinoma treated with radiotherapy but has otherwise remained without evidence of melanoma recurrence after 25 months from her surgery.
Identifiants
pubmed: 37378006
doi: 10.2217/mmt-2022-0002
pmc: PMC10291394
doi:
Types de publication
Case Reports
Langues
eng
Pagination
MMT63Informations de copyright
© 2023 Pooja Patel.
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