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Primary anorectal malignant melanoma: Report of a case

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Primary anorectal malignant melanoma is a fairly uncommon but highly malignant disease. This disease is sometimes mistaken for such benign conditions as either a hemorrhoid or rectal polyp. We herein describe a case of early primary malignant melanoma of the anal canal. In this case, magnetic resonance (MR) imaging was found to be useful for diagnosing the melanotic melanoma. We especially emphasize the usefulness of a fat-saturation MR image in distinguishing melanotic melanoma from other rectal tumors.

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  1. Department of Surgery, Kure City Medical Association Hospital, 15-24 Asahi-machi, 737-0056, Kure City, Hiroshima, Japan

    Yasutomo Ojima, Hirofumi Nakatsuka, Tsuyoshi Kurihara & Seiji Sadamoto

  2. Department of Radiology, Kure City Medical Association Hospital, 15-24 Asahi-machi, 737-0056, Kure City, Hiroshima, Japan

    Toshifumi Ohmoto

  3. Department of Internal Medicine, Kure City Medical Association Hospital, 15-24 Asahi-machi, 737-0056, Kure City, Hiroshima, Japan

    Norihiko Katayama

  4. Second Department of Surgery, Hiroshima University School of Medicine, Hiroshima, Japan

    Hajime Haneji

  5. Department of Clinical Pathology, Kure Kyosai Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan

    Kiyomi Taniyama

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Ojima, Y., Nakatsuka, H., Haneji, H. et al. Primary anorectal malignant melanoma: Report of a case. Surg Today 29, 170–173 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02482244

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