Anal melanoma, a radically different pathology from cutaneous melanoma with a tragic prognosis

Cir Esp (Engl Ed). 2020 Oct;98(8):491-493. doi: 10.1016/j.ciresp.2019.11.014. Epub 2019 Dec 31.

[Article in English, Spanish]

Authors

Mireia Merichal Resina¹, Carlos Cerdan Santacruz², Enrique Sierra Grañón², Jordi Antoni Tarragona Foradada³, Jorge Juan Olsina Kissler⁴

Affiliations

¹ Cirugía General y del Aparato Digestivo, Hospital Universitario Arnau de Vilanova, Lleida, España. Electronic address: mireiamerichal@gmail.com.
² Unidad de Coloproctología, Hospital Universitario Arnau de Vilanova, Lleida, España.
³ Anatomía Patológica, Hospital Universitario Arnau de Vilanova, Lleida, España.
⁴ Cirugía General y del Aparato Digestivo, Hospital Universitario Arnau de Vilanova, Lleida, España.

PMID: 31898949
DOI: 10.1016/j.ciresp.2019.11.014

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Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Anal Canal / pathology*
Anus Neoplasms / pathology*
Colonoscopy / methods
Fatal Outcome
Female
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods
Melanoma / diagnosis*
Melanoma / surgery
Palliative Care
Prognosis
Rectum / diagnostic imaging
Rectum / pathology*
Recurrence
Skin Neoplasms / pathology*
Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods