Primary esophageal melanoma: a case report
Primary esophageal melanoma remains a rare entity with less than 350 case reports noted in the current literature. This diagnosis is associated with a poor prognosis and early detection and management remains fundamental. In this report, we examine the case of an 80-year-old female who presented wit...
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| description | Primary esophageal melanoma remains a rare entity with less than 350 case reports noted in the current literature. This diagnosis is associated with a poor prognosis and early detection and management remains fundamental. In this report, we examine the case of an 80-year-old female who presented with a 1-year course of progressive dysphagia and weight loss. Investigations revealed a primary esophageal melanoma with no evidence of metastases. Pathology did not identify any targetable markers for systematic therapy and thus the patient successfully underwent a minimally invasive esophagectomy. Her postoperative course involved endoscopic esophageal dilatations due to an anastomotic stricture, as well as primary lung adenocarcinoma treated with radiotherapy but has otherwise remained without evidence of melanoma recurrence after 25 months from her surgery. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2c6edddf941649d7959bad47408efeba2023-06-21T10:58:53ZengFuture Medicine LtdMelanoma Management2045-08852045-08932022-12-019410.2217/mmt-2022-0002Primary esophageal melanoma: a case reportPooja Patel0Colton Boudreau1Samuel Jessula2Madelaine Plourde31Division of General Surgery, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3H 2Y9, Canada1Division of General Surgery, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3H 2Y9, Canada2Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3H 3A7, Canada1Division of General Surgery, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3H 2Y9, CanadaPrimary esophageal melanoma remains a rare entity with less than 350 case reports noted in the current literature. This diagnosis is associated with a poor prognosis and early detection and management remains fundamental. In this report, we examine the case of an 80-year-old female who presented with a 1-year course of progressive dysphagia and weight loss. Investigations revealed a primary esophageal melanoma with no evidence of metastases. Pathology did not identify any targetable markers for systematic therapy and thus the patient successfully underwent a minimally invasive esophagectomy. Her postoperative course involved endoscopic esophageal dilatations due to an anastomotic stricture, as well as primary lung adenocarcinoma treated with radiotherapy but has otherwise remained without evidence of melanoma recurrence after 25 months from her surgery.https://www.futuremedicine.com/doi/10.2217/mmt-2022-0002canceresophagectomyesophagusmalignancymelanoma |
| spellingShingle | Pooja Patel Colton Boudreau Samuel Jessula Madelaine Plourde Primary esophageal melanoma: a case report Melanoma Management cancer esophagectomy esophagus malignancy melanoma |
| title | Primary esophageal melanoma: a case report |
| title_full | Primary esophageal melanoma: a case report |
| title_fullStr | Primary esophageal melanoma: a case report |
| title_full_unstemmed | Primary esophageal melanoma: a case report |
| title_short | Primary esophageal melanoma: a case report |
| title_sort | primary esophageal melanoma a case report |
| topic | cancer esophagectomy esophagus malignancy melanoma |
| url | https://www.futuremedicine.com/doi/10.2217/mmt-2022-0002 |
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