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Isolated Hepatic Perfusion as a Treatment for Liver Metastases of Uveal Melanoma
Published on: January 25, 2015
[Treatment of primary malignant melanoma of the esophagus]
D V Erygin1, I A Sklyar1, Yu S Esakov1
1Moscow City Oncological Hospital No.1, Moscow, Russia.
Objective:
To present treatment of primary esophageal melanoma in a young patient, as well as review of modern data on this issue.
Material And Methods:
We describe the results of treatment of a patient with primary melanoma of the esophagus. PubMed, SCOPUS, and elibrary databases were used for the review.
Results:
We present a rare case of primary esophageal melanoma and variant of radical surgical treatment. The review is devoted to historical information about this nosology, statistical data, options for diagnosis and treatment.
Conclusion:
Such a rare clinical case is of great scientific interest due to the rarity of this disease. In our opinion, a certain register of orphan malignant tumors is necessary for diagnosis and treatment of various rare malignancies.
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