title: Curatively resected primary malignant melanoma of the esophagus: report of a case.
abstract: We report herein a rare case of primary esophageal malignant melanoma in a 49-year-old Japanese woman who presented with a 3-week history of dysphagia. Esophagogram and esophagoscopy demonstrated a polypoid tumor in the upper to mid-thoracic portion of the esophagus, and a radical subtotal esophagectomy was performed through a right thoracotomy. Histological and immunohistochemical studies proved this tumor to be a primary esophageal malignant melanoma. She received no postoperative adjuvant therapy and no signs of recurrence have been clinically observed for the 22 months since her operation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Mitsui Ohmuta Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Haga
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Iwanaga
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Matsumura
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ohtsu
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yagi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tanimura
mesh_terms: D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D016629:Esophagectomy; D004947:Esophagus / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008545:Melanoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness