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- Volume 6
- Issue 7 Publication Date: May 2007
Primary Anorectal Malignant Melanoma: Two Case Reports and Review of the Literature
İbrahim Biyikoğlu, Zeynel Abidin Öztürk, Seyfettin Köklü, Aysegşl Babali, Hakan Akay, Levent Filik, Osman Basat, Hilal Özer, Elif Özer
Anorectal melanoma is a very rare tumor with poor prognosis because of delay in diagnosis. It is often mistaken for benign conditions such as hemorrhoids or rectal polyps. Surgical treatment ranges from local excision to radical abdominoperinal resection. Herein, we report 2 cases of anorectal malignant melanoma and further review the diagnostic and therapeutic approaches in light of the pertinent literature.