TY - JOUR
T1 - LOCAL EXCISION ANORECTAL MELANOMA SIMULATING HEMORROIDAL MASS BY LIGASURE
AU - Castronovo, Gioacchino
AU - Genova, Gaspare
AU - Agnello, Giuseppe
AU - Tomasello, Giovanni
AU - Ciulla, Alessandra
AU - Sorce, Maria
AU - Damiani, Salvatore
PY - 2004
Y1 - 2004
N2 - AA. report an extremely rare case of anorectal melanomas imul a t ing an hemor rhoida l ma s s in a s ixty- four ye a r oldwoman. The first symptom was anal pain attributed to an analfissure, easily bleeding, unsuccessfully treated with ointments.It was confused with hemorrhoids andthe patient a underwentto operation. Dur ing thi s proc edur e , us ing Liga sur e™ (Va l l e y l a b ,California, S.U.A.) the surgeon suspected the presence of malignancy togheter too rmorroidal mass.Extemporaneous istological exam shos the presenceofthe melanoma.Instrumental examination to staging disease demonstredbilateral inguinal linfoadenectomy. The linfonodes excisedveren’t metastatic.
AB - AA. report an extremely rare case of anorectal melanomas imul a t ing an hemor rhoida l ma s s in a s ixty- four ye a r oldwoman. The first symptom was anal pain attributed to an analfissure, easily bleeding, unsuccessfully treated with ointments.It was confused with hemorrhoids andthe patient a underwentto operation. Dur ing thi s proc edur e , us ing Liga sur e™ (Va l l e y l a b ,California, S.U.A.) the surgeon suspected the presence of malignancy togheter too rmorroidal mass.Extemporaneous istological exam shos the presenceofthe melanoma.Instrumental examination to staging disease demonstredbilateral inguinal linfoadenectomy. The linfonodes excisedveren’t metastatic.
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10447/11294
M3 - Article
SN - 0393-6376
VL - XX N.2-3
SP - 51
EP - 53
JO - ACTA CHIRURGICA MEDITERRANEA
JF - ACTA CHIRURGICA MEDITERRANEA
ER -