Author/Authors :
Lu, Tzung-Ju National Defense Medical Center - Tri-Service General Hospital - Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Taiwan , Huang, Tsai-Wang National Defense Medical Center - Tri-Service General Hospital - Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Taiwan , Lee, Shih-Chun National Defense Medical Center - Tri-Service General Hospital - Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Taiwan
Abstract :
Since the first case report was published by Baur in 1906/ primary malignant melanoma of the esophagus has been considered an extremely rare cancer» Among esophageal cancers, primary malignant melanoma accounts for 0.1%-0.2% of cases,2 We have used CT and positron emission tomography (PET) scans to evaluate metastasis. According to previous re- ports, the rate of metastasis is high when the tumor is first diagnosed.3 Use of PET obviously increases the accuracy of staging. Although primary malignant mela- noma of the esophagus is now better understood, the 5-year survival rate is dismal and treatment remains challenging,
