Primary malignant melanoma of the esophagus arising from a melanotic lesion: Report of a case

Surgery Today

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 671-675

  Oshiro, Takashi ^a   Shimoji, Hideaki ^a   Matsuura, Fumiaki ^a   Uchima, Nobufumi ^a   Kinjo, Fukunori ^a   Nakayama, Takashi ^a   Nishimaki, Tadashi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Esophagus; Melanoma; Melanotic lesion; Therapy

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DUODENAL ULCER BLEEDING; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER METASTASIS; LUNG METASTASIS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; MELANOMA; MELANOSIS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TUMOR BIOPSY;

AGED; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MELANOSIS;

EID: 34547122858     PISSN: 09411291     EISSN: 14362813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00595-006-3444-x     Document Type: Article

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