Diffuse anorectal melanoma; review of the current diagnostic and treatment aspects based on a case report

Autor: Stoidis, Christos N. Spyropoulos, Basileios G. Misiakos, Evangelos P. Fountzilas, Christos K. Paraskeva, Panorea P. and Fotiadis, Constantine I.
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2009
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Popis: 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.
Databáze: OpenAIRE