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We report herein a rare case of primary esophageal malignant melanoma in a 49-year-old Japanese woman who presented with a 3-week history of dysphagia. Esophagogram and esophagoscopy demonstrated a polypoid tumor in the upper to mid-thoracic portion of the esophagus, and a radical subtotal esophagectomy was performed through a right thoracotomy. Histological and immunohistochemical studies proved this tumor to be a primary esophageal malignant melanoma. She received no postoperative adjuvant therapy and no signs of recurrence have been clinically observed for the 22 months since her operation.
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Haga, Y., Iwanaga, Y., Matsumura, F. et al. Curatively resected primary malignant melanoma of the esophagus: Report of a case. Surg Today 23, 820–824 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00311627
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