title: Two cases of early-stage esophageal malignant melanoma with long-term survival.
abstract: Herein is described two patients with early-stage primary malignant melanoma of the esophagus with long-term survival who were treated with esophagectomy. Both tumors had similar pathological findings, and were mainly at the stage of radial growth phase. Widespread melanoses were present in the mucosa surrounding the tumors in both cases. The two patients recovered uneventfully after surgery and were in remission at follow up of 33 months and 53 months.
authors.affiliation: Division of Clinical Laboratory, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Haruhisa
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: Yukihiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nakanishi
authors.forename: Hirokazu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Taniguchi
authors.forename: Tadakazu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shimoda
authors.forename: Hajime
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yamaguchi
authors.forename: Hiroyasu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Igaki
authors.forename: Yuji
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tachimori
authors.forename: Hoichi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kato
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D016629:Esophagectomy; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000401:mortality* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged