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Metastatic melanoma in an esophagus demonstrating Barrett esophagus with high grade dysplasia.
BMC research notes - 13 Nov 2013
Trembath Dimitri G, Shaheen Nicholas J, O'Neill Stacey, Weck Karen, Greene Kevin G
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Metastatic melanoma involving the esophagus is rare; the occurrence of metastatic melanoma in a background of Barrett esophagus is rarer still. We report a case of an 80 year-old male who presented to our institution for workup of Barrett esophagus with high-grade dysplasia and who proved to have metastatic melanoma occurring in the background of Barrett esophagus, the first report of this kind, to...
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