RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Pancreatic Resection for Metastatic Melanoma Originating from the Nasal Cavity: A Case Report and Literature Review
JF Anticancer Research
JO Anticancer Res
FD International Institute of Anticancer Research
SP 567
OP 573
VO 33
IS 2
A1 MOTOKAZU SUGIMOTO
A1 NAOTO GOTOHDA
A1 YUICHIRO KATO
A1 SHINICHIRO TAKAHASHI
A1 TAKAHIRO KINOSHITA
A1 HIDEHITO SHIBASAKI
A1 MOTOHIRO KOJIMA
A1 ATSUSHI OCHIAI
A1 SADAMOTO ZENDA
A1 TETSUO AKIMOTO
A1 MASARU KONISHI
YR 2013
UL http://ar.iiarjournals.org/content/33/2/567.abstract
AB Metastatic pancreatic malignant melanoma is considered to be a highly aggressive neoplasm, and only few metastasectomies for lesions originating from the skin or the ocular region have been reported. We report a case of resection of pancreatic metastasis of malignant melanoma originating from the nasal cavity. An isolated pancreatic tumor was detected in a 46-year-old man who had undergone proton-beam therapy for nasal melanoma 12 months earlier. He underwent distal pancreatectomy with splenectomy and the pathological diagnosis was metastatic malignant melanoma. We review cases of malignant melanoma metastatic to the pancreas and further discuss their incidence, therapeutic strategy, and outcome of mucosal melanoma of the head and neck.