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- Title
Do Not Skip the Retroflexion: A Case of Disseminated Anorectal Mucosal Melanoma.
- Authors
Chittajallu, Vibhu; Simons-Linares, Carlos Roberto; Oshilaja, Olaronke; Chahal, Prabhleen
- Abstract
Less than 4% of melanomas are of mucosal origin, with primary anorectal mucosal melanomas comprising a small subset. Mucosal melanomas are often diagnosed at an advanced stage due to delay in patient presentation and obscured tumor origins leading to a more aggressive behavior and less favorable prognosis when compared with cutaneous melanomas. We present a case of metastatic anorectal mucosal melanoma with a negative colonoscopy 1 year earlier.
- Subjects
MELANOMA prognosis; MELANOMA diagnosis; COLONOSCOPY; RECTUM tumors; METASTASIS; ANAL tumors
- Publication
ACG Case Reports Journal, 2021, Vol 8, Issue 2, p1
- ISSN
2326-3253
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.14309/crj.0000000000000513