Open AccessEndoscopic submucosal dissection as excisional biopsy for anorectal malignant melanoma: A case report
Author(s) -
Shigeo Manabe,
Yoshio Boku,
M. Takeda,
Fumitaka Usui,
Ikuhiro Hirata,
Shuji Takahashi
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
world journal of clinical cases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.368
H-Index - 10
ISSN - 2307-8960
DOI - 10.12998/wjcc.v7.i13.1652
Subject(s) - medicine , biopsy , colonoscopy , rectum , endoscopic submucosal dissection , lesion , tubular adenoma , melanoma , radiology , surgery , endoscopic mucosal resection , colorectal cancer , endoscopy , cancer , cancer research
Anorectal malignant melanoma (AMM) is a rare disorder with an extremely poor prognosis. Although there is currently no consensus on the treatment methods for AMM, surgical procedures have been the most common treatment methods used until now. We recently encountered a case of AMM that we diagnosed using endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD). To our knowledge, this is the first case of ESD for AMM, suggesting that ESD can potentially be a diagnostic and treatment method for AMM.