Malignant amelanotic melanoma of the esophagus.
The clinical, histological, and electron microscopic features of a case of malignant amelanotic melanoma of the esophagus are described. Amelanotic melanoma is difficult to distinguish from other malignant lesions, but in our case electron microscopy was helpful in the diagnosis.
Watanabe
H
H
Department of Gastroenterology, Matsudo Municipal Hospital, Chiba, Japan.
Yoshikawa
N
N
Suzuki
R
R
Hirai
Y
Y
Yoshie
M
M
Ohshima
H
H
Takahashi
M
M
Takai
M
M
Hosoda
S
S
Asanuma
K
K
D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008545:Melanoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D008875:Middle Aged