title: Primary rectal malignant melanoma: report of two cases.
abstract: Primary rectal malignant melanoma is an exceptionally rare neoplasm associated with an extremely poor prognosis despite aggressive surgical treatment. We present two female patients with bulky tumors of the lower rectum that were diagnosed as malignant melanoma, above the squamocolumnar junction. Both patients underwent abdominoperineal resection and postoperatively were treated with autologous melanoma cell vaccine. One patient is considered disease free for months after surgery; the second one developed supraclavicular lymph nodes and right lung metastasis after 7 months.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Carmel Medical Center, Haifa, Israel.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hazzan
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Reissmann
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Halak
authors.forename: M B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Resnick
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lotem
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Shiloni
mesh_terms: D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016233:Immunotherapy, Active; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008545:Melanoma / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome