Melanoma primario del esófago tratado con esofagectomía: Casos clínicos
Esophageal melanomas correspond to 0.1 to 0.2% of esophageal tumors. We report two patients with the disease. The first patient is a 51 year-old woman pre-sentingwith dysphagia and weight loss. An upper gastrointestinal endoscopy showed a polypoid ulcerated lesion in the middle third of the esophagu...
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oai:scielo:S0034-988720100001000112010-05-10Melanoma primario del esófago tratado con esofagectomía: Casos clínicosBUTTE,JEAN MVISSCHER,ALVARODE LA FUENTE,HERNÁNMENESES,MANUELCARRASCO,ANA MARÍAAMARAL,HORACIOWAUGH,ENRIQUE Esophageal neoplasms Melanoma Esophageal melanomas correspond to 0.1 to 0.2% of esophageal tumors. We report two patients with the disease. The first patient is a 51 year-old woman pre-sentingwith dysphagia and weight loss. An upper gastrointestinal endoscopy showed a polypoid ulcerated lesion in the middle third of the esophagus. The pathological study ofthe biopsy disclosed a malignant melanoma. The patient was subjected to an esophagectomy with a satisfactory postoperative evolution. Four months later, liver metastases were detected and the patient died eleven months after the operation. The second patient is a 59 year-old mole that consulted by dysphagia. An endoscopy showed a pigmented esophageal lesion whose pathological diagnosis was a malignant melanoma. The patient was subjected to an esophagectomy and sixteen months after surgery there was no evidence of relapse.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSociedad Médica de SantiagoRevista médica de Chile v.138 n.1 20102010-01-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-98872010000100011es10.4067/S0034-98872010000100011 |
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Esophageal melanomas correspond to 0.1 to 0.2% of esophageal tumors. We report two patients with the disease. The first patient is a 51 year-old woman pre-sentingwith dysphagia and weight loss. An upper gastrointestinal endoscopy showed a polypoid ulcerated lesion in the middle third of the esophagus. The pathological study ofthe biopsy disclosed a malignant melanoma. The patient was subjected to an esophagectomy with a satisfactory postoperative evolution. Four months later, liver metastases were detected and the patient died eleven months after the operation. The second patient is a 59 year-old mole that consulted by dysphagia. An endoscopy showed a pigmented esophageal lesion whose pathological diagnosis was a malignant melanoma. The patient was subjected to an esophagectomy and sixteen months after surgery there was no evidence of relapse. |
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BUTTE,JEAN M VISSCHER,ALVARO DE LA FUENTE,HERNÁN MENESES,MANUEL CARRASCO,ANA MARÍA AMARAL,HORACIO WAUGH,ENRIQUE |
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BUTTE,JEAN M VISSCHER,ALVARO DE LA FUENTE,HERNÁN MENESES,MANUEL CARRASCO,ANA MARÍA AMARAL,HORACIO WAUGH,ENRIQUE |
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Melanoma primario del esófago tratado con esofagectomía: Casos clínicos |
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Melanoma primario del esófago tratado con esofagectomía: Casos clínicos |
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Melanoma primario del esófago tratado con esofagectomía: Casos clínicos |
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Melanoma primario del esófago tratado con esofagectomía: Casos clínicos |
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Melanoma primario del esófago tratado con esofagectomía: Casos clínicos |
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melanoma primario del esófago tratado con esofagectomía: casos clínicos |
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Sociedad Médica de Santiago |
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2010 |
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