title: Primary malignant melanoma of the esophagus with multiple esophageal lesions.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  A 48-year-old Chinese woman presented with a 2-month history of progressive dysphagia for solids, and (less frequently) liquids. She had minimal weight loss and no family history of cancer.
  
  
  METHODS
  Physical examination, conventional esophagogastroduodenoscopy, CT, fluorodeoxyglucose-PET, endoscopic ultrasonography, and histopathologic examination of excised tumor and biopsy specimens.
  
  
  METHODS
  Primary malignant esophageal melanoma with submucosal infiltration but no distant metastasis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Endoscopic polypectomy followed by near-total esophagectomy with esophagogastric anastomosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, 5 Lower Kent Ridge Road, Singapore 119074, Singapore. mdchoky@nus.edu.sg
authors.forename: Khek Yu
authors.initials: KY
authors.lastname: Ho
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: Aileen
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wee
authors.forename: Khee Chee
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Soo
mesh_terms: D003680:Deglutition Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D016629:Esophagectomy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008545:Melanoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged