Τίτλος:
Diffuse anorectal melanoma; review of the current diagnostic and
treatment aspects based on a case report
Γλώσσες Τεκμηρίου:
Αγγλικά
Περίληψη:
Primary anorectal melanoma is a rare and aggressive disease. Patients
commonly complain for changes in bowel habits and rectal bleeding, and
proctoscopically they mostly appear as non pigmented or lightly
pigmented polypoid lesions. Such a lesion should always raise a high
index of suspicion in any gastroenterologist or surgeon to prompt
surgery, since early radical excision is the only treatment option.
Herein, we report a case of a 57-year-old man with a diffuse anal canal
melanoma and give reference to the current diagnostic and treatment
options.
Συγγραφείς:
Stoidis, Christos N.
Spyropoulos, Basileios G.
Misiakos,
Evangelos P.
Fountzilas, Christos K.
Paraskeva, Panorea P. and
Fotiadis, Constantine I.
Περιοδικό:
World Journal of Surgical Oncology
DOI:
10.1186/1477-7819-7-64