Primary Malignant Melanoma of the Esophagus Treated by Early Diagnosis and Surgical Resection

Lee, Jihyun; Kim, Ji Yoon; Bae, Ji Yun; Kim, Joo Young; Choi, Jung Eun; Jang, Jiyoung; Tae, Chung Hyun; Shim, Ki Nam

doi:2015.15.2.127

Korean J Helicobacter Up Gastrointest Res > Volume 15(2); 2015 > Article

Case Report

The Korean Journal of Helicobacter and Upper Gastrointestinal Research 2015;15(2):127-131.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.7704/kjhugr.2015.15.2.127 Published online June 10, 2015.

Primary Malignant Melanoma of the Esophagus Treated by Early Diagnosis and Surgical Resection

Jihyun Lee, Ji Yoon Kim, Ji Yun Bae, Joo Young Kim, Jung Eun Choi, Jiyoung Jang, Chung Hyun Tae, Ki Nam Shim

Department of Internal Medicine, Ewha Womans University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. shimkn@ewha.ac.kr

조기 진단과 수술로 치료한 식도의 원발성 악성 흑색종

이지현, 김지윤, 배지윤, 김주영, 최정은, 장지영, 태정현, 심기남

이화여자대학교 의학전문대학원 내과학교실

Abstract

Primary malignant melanoma of the esophagus is an extremely rare disease and accounts for approximately 0.1~0.2% of all esophageal malignancies. It is also a very aggressive disease with 5 year survival rates ranging from 2.2% to 37.5%. A 51-year-old woman with no previous medical history visited the hospital complaining of mild epigastric discomfort and belching. Endoscopy revealed a dark pigmented, polypoid lesion which was later diagnosed as primary malignant melanoma of the esophagus. Here we report a case of primary malignant melanoma of the esophagus that was diagnosed in a very early phase and successfully resected with an Ivor-Lewis procedure.

Key Words: Melanoma; Esophagectomy; Esophagus