Two cases of early-stage esophageal malignant melanoma with long-term survival.
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.
Suzuki
Haruhisa
H
Division of Clinical Laboratory, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
Nakanishi
Yukihiro
Y
Taniguchi
Hirokazu
H
Shimoda
Tadakazu
T
Yamaguchi
Hajime
H
Igaki
Hiroyasu
H
Tachimori
Yuji
Y
Kato
Hoichi
H
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