Raja Junaid, Hegde Rakesh, Srodon Monica, Katoch Annamika, Kurtzman Scott, Zhang Zhongqiu
Internal Medicine and Radiology, Yale University School of Medicine.
General and Colorectal Surgery, Waterbury Hospital.
Cureus. 2017 Oct 26;9(10):e1803. doi: 10.7759/cureus.1803.
Melanoma is among the most prevalent neoplasms diagnosed annually with the vast majority arising from a cutaneous origin. Though there are described metastases to the gastrointestinal tract, there are only rare descriptions of primary gastrointestinal melanoma. Both diagnosis and management of this unique population can be challenging given the infrequency with which it occurs. To follow is the third reported case of transverse colon primary melanoma with a description of multimodality treatment with surgery, chemotherapy, and immunotherapy.
黑色素瘤是每年诊断出的最常见肿瘤之一,绝大多数起源于皮肤。虽然有报道称黑色素瘤会转移至胃肠道,但原发性胃肠道黑色素瘤的描述却极为罕见。鉴于其发病率低,对这一特殊群体的诊断和治疗都具有挑战性。以下是第三例横结肠原发性黑色素瘤的报道,并描述了手术、化疗和免疫治疗的多模式治疗方法。