title: Primary malignant melanoma of the esophagus with diffuse melanocytic atypia and melanoma in situ.
abstract: Primary malignant melanoma is an unusual lesion in the esophagus that is not infrequently seen in association with melanosis. A case of esophageal invasive malignant melanoma with melanosis is described in which the melanosis exhibited melanocytic atypia extending through to melanoma in situ. The authors know of no previously reported such finding.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada.
authors.forename: R P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Guzman
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Wightman
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ravinsky
authors.forename: H W
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Unruh
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D004944:Esophagoplasty; D004947:Esophagus / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D006965:Hyperplasia; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary; D008297:Male; D008544:Melanocytes / Q000473:pathology*; D008545:Melanoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008548:Melanosis / Q000473:pathology*