Abstract:
BACKGROUND:Melanoma that involves the upper gastrointestinal (GI) tract is rare and studies relating to endoscopic and pathologic findings with clinical outcomes are lacking. We reviewed the gross and microscopic patterns of the upper GI tract in primary and metastatic melanoma, and examined their association with clinical outcomes. METHODS:Twenty-nine cases of primary esophageal (n = 19) and metastatic gastric and/or duodenal melanoma (n = 10) that were detected during upper GI endoscopy between 1995 and 2011 were retrospectively analyzed. RESULTS:Three types of gross patterns were recognized-nodular pattern in 7 cases, mass-forming pattern in 18 cases, and flat pigmented pattern in 4 cases. In primary esophageal melanoma, 13 patients (68.4 %) underwent surgery and 9 received palliative therapy. Of all cases, 22 patients (75.9 %) died of disease progression; the median overall survival period was 12 months (interquartile range [IQR] 4.5-24.5 months), and from recognition of upper GI tract melanoma the median overall survival period was 9 months (IQR 3.5-17.0 months). In primary esophageal cases, skin melanoma stage better discriminated the patients with good prognosis than the esophageal cancer stage. The flat pigmented gross pattern proved to be a good prognostic factor in primary and metastatic GI tract melanomas (p = 0.016 and p = 0.046, respectively). CONCLUSIONS:Melanoma of the GI tract is a highly aggressive disease with a poor prognosis, both in primary and metastatic cases. However, in primary esophageal melanoma, careful inspection of the mucosa during endoscopic examination followed by surgical resection may result in extended survival.
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Ann Surg Oncoljournal_title
Annals of surgical oncologyauthors
Ahn JY,Hwang HS,Park YS,Kim HR,Jung HY,Kim JH,Lee SE,Kim MAdoi
10.1245/s10434-014-3637-2subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2014-08-01 00:00:00pages
2532-9issue
8eissn
1068-9265issn
1534-4681journal_volume
21pub_type
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