title: Surgical therapy of primary malignant melanoma of the esophagus.
abstract: Primary malignant melanoma of the esophagus is an extremely rare tumor. In the absence of prospectively sampled data in the literature, the following case report and review of the literature indicate that surgical resection of the primary tumor and solitary metastases provides the longest survival times and, to date, is the treatment of choice.
authors.affiliation: Department of Visceral and Vascular Surgery, Albertus-Magnus University, Cologne, Germany.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Adili
authors.forename: S P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Mönig
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed