Primary Malignant Melanoma of the Rectum: Report of Two Cases

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 I...

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Main Authors: Kodai Tomioka, Hitoshi Ojima, Makoto Sohda, Akiko Tanabe, Yasuyuki Fukai, Akihiko Sano, Takahiro Fukuda, Masahiko Murakami
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2012-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Surgery
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/247348
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