Primary jejunal malignant melanoma first noticed because of the presence of parotid lymph node metastasis - 29/08/11
Doi : 10.1067/S0190-9622(03)00421-3
Shigeruko Iijima, MD a, ⁎ 
, Kuniyuki Oka, MD b, Masataka Sasaki, MD c, Yumie Tateishi, MD a, Hidetoshi Saito, MD c, Norimasa Sandoh, MD c, Takeshi Nihei, MD d, Hideyuki Kawano, BS b, Tomoaki Kawasaki, BS b, Hando Hakozaki, MD e, Naoyoshi Mori, MD f
, Kuniyuki Oka, MD b, Masataka Sasaki, MD c, Yumie Tateishi, MD a, Hidetoshi Saito, MD c, Norimasa Sandoh, MD c, Takeshi Nihei, MD d, Hideyuki Kawano, BS b, Tomoaki Kawasaki, BS b, Hando Hakozaki, MD e, Naoyoshi Mori, MD f a Departments ofDepartment of Dermatology, Mito Saiseikai General Hospital, Mito, Japan
b Department ofPathology, Mito Saiseikai General Hospital, Mito, Japan
c Department ofSurgery, Mito Saiseikai General Hospital, Mito, Japan
d Department ofInternal Medicine, Mito Saiseikai General Hospital, Mito, Japan
e Department of Pathology, Fukushima Rosai Hospital, Iwaki, Japan
f Department of Pathology, Nagoya University School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
*Correspondence to: Shigeruko Iijima, MD, Department of Dermatology, Mito Saiseikai General Hospital, 3-3-10 Futabadai, Mito, Ibaraki 311-4198, Japan.
Abstract |
The case of a 71-year-old Japanese man with primary jejunal melanoma with an unusual clinical course is reported. Several cases of primary malignant melanoma of the small intestine have been reported, but in most cases no clear evidence has shown whether the lesions were primary or metastatic. We discuss why the tumor in our case was considered primary, and we review similar cases of primary melanoma of the small intestine.
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 | Funding sources: Grant-in-aid from Mito Saiseikai General Hospital, Mito, Japan, and T-O Medical Research Fund, Oyama, Tochigi, Japan. Conflict of interest: None identified. |
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Vol 49 - N° 2
P. 319-323 - agosto 2003 Ritorno al numero
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