Primary esophageal melanoma: a case report.
Pooja PatelColton BoudreauSamuel JessulaMadelaine PlourdePublished in: Melanoma management (2023)
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.
Keyphrases
- poor prognosis
- minimally invasive
- weight loss
- long non coding rna
- case report
- systematic review
- skin cancer
- early stage
- radiation therapy
- stem cells
- patients undergoing
- skeletal muscle
- rectal cancer
- coronary artery disease
- mesenchymal stem cells
- locally advanced
- radiation induced
- acute coronary syndrome
- robot assisted
- coronary artery bypass
- atrial fibrillation
- roux en y gastric bypass
- obese patients
- endoscopic submucosal dissection