Original paper
Primary Malignant Melanoma of the Rectum: Report of Two Cases
Abstract
We report two cases of rectal malignant melanomas. The patients were an 84-year-old male and a 66-year-old female who had blood in their stools. They were preoperatively diagnosed with poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma of the rectum. The clinical diagnosis for each was rectal carcinoma at stage IIIc according to the tumor-node-metastasis classification (6th edition), and the patients underwent abdominoperineal resection with dissection of...
Paper Details
Title
Primary Malignant Melanoma of the Rectum: Report of Two Cases
Published Date
Jan 1, 2012
Journal
Volume
2012
Pages
1 - 4