2023
DOI: 10.4038/sljm.v32i2.458
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Primary malignant melanoma oesophagus: A rare cause of dysphagia

G. S. Zacharia,
A. Rajendran,
A. Jacob

Abstract: Primary malignant melanoma, though rare, is believed to be the most common non-epithelial neoplasm of the oesophagus. Compared to epithelial esophageal malignancies, melanoma is more aggressive and metastatic, resulting in poor therapeutic response and prognosis. Immunohistochemical staining is often diagnostic; conventional staining classically reveals epithelioid cells with pigment deposits. We report a case of primary esophageal melanoma in an elderly male who presented with dysphagia, treated palliatively … Show more

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