[Primary digestive melanomas: is there any consensus?]

Bull Cancer. 2014 Jun;101(6):637-40. doi: 10.1684/bdc.2014.1948.
[Article in French]

Abstract

In clinical practice and the literature, malignant melanoma usually appears in typical sites where melanocytes can be found: skin, eyes meninges and anal region. Malignant melanomas of the esophagus-gastrointestinal (EGI) tract are usually metastatic. Primary and diffuse EGI tract melanoma is rare and only a few descriptions of this presentation have been found in the literature. The prognosis of EGI tract melanoma is frightening because of late diagnosis and high malignancy potential. Treatment is based essentially on surgery. The objective of the present study is to specify the clinical and therapeutic aspects of primary digestive melanoma.

Keywords: esophagus-gastrointestinal tract; primary melanoma; prognosis.

Publication types

  • English Abstract
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Anus Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Anus Neoplasms / pathology
  • Anus Neoplasms / therapy
  • Bile Duct Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Bile Duct Neoplasms / pathology
  • Consensus
  • Esophageal Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Esophageal Neoplasms / pathology
  • Esophageal Neoplasms / therapy
  • Gastrointestinal Neoplasms* / diagnosis
  • Gastrointestinal Neoplasms* / pathology
  • Gastrointestinal Neoplasms* / therapy
  • Humans
  • Intestinal Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Intestinal Neoplasms / pathology
  • Intestinal Neoplasms / therapy
  • Melanoma* / diagnosis
  • Melanoma* / pathology
  • Melanoma* / therapy
  • Prognosis
  • Rare Diseases* / diagnosis
  • Rare Diseases* / pathology
  • Rare Diseases* / therapy
  • Rectal Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Rectal Neoplasms / pathology
  • Rectal Neoplasms / therapy
  • Stomach Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Stomach Neoplasms / pathology
  • Stomach Neoplasms / therapy