title: Primary oesophageal melanoma - a case report.
abstract: Primary upper gastrointestinal tract melanoma is a rare but well recognised entity, with a poor prognosis because of delay in diagnosis. Furthermore, it may be difficult to determine whether a gastrointestinal melanoma represents a metastasis or a primary tumour. We report a 67-year-old man with a primary oesophageal melanoma, treated with surgical resection, who remains disease-free two years post resection.
authors.affiliation: Discipline of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Sydney and Bosch Institute, N543 Anderson Stuart Bldg (F13), Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia. eric.song@health.nsw.gov.au.
authors.forename: Eric J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Richard A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Scolyer
authors.forename: Diona L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Damian
authors.forename: John F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Thompson
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D011379:Prognosis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed