Primary Esophageal Melanoma
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چکیده
Primary esophageal melanoma is an extremely rare malignancy with estimated prevalence of 0.0036 cases per million year. The prognosis the disease unfavorable, in 30-40% patients metastases are detected at time diagnosis, generally accepted approaches to treatment currently insufficiently developed. article presents review literature and describes clinical case a patient primary
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سال: 2021
ISSN: ['2307-3586']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.33978/2307-3586-2021-17-16-70-74