Gastric metastases of a malignant melanoma
| Autor: | Victor Antônio Kuiava, Nilton Maiolini Bonadeo, Talis Shindy Masuda, Paulo Henrique Marques dos Santos |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
| Předmět: |
Pathology
medicine.medical_specialty gastric metastases Lung Melanocytic cell tumor business.industry Melanoma Stomach malignant melanoma General Medicine medicine.disease digestive tract Epigastric pain Small intestine Metastasis medicine.anatomical_structure medicine Medicine Digestive tract Lymph Neoplasm Metastasis business |
| Zdroj: | Clinical & Biomedical Research; Vol. 39 No. 2 (2019) Clinical and Biomedical Research; v. 39 n. 2 (2019) Clinical and Biomedical Research Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) instacron:UFRGS Clinical and Biomedical Research, Vol 39, Iss 2 (2019) |
| ISSN: | 2357-9730 |
| Popis: | Malignant melanoma accounts for around 5% of all malignant skin tumors. It is considered one of the most aggressive neoplasms due to its high metastasizing capacity. The most common sites of metastasis are peri-tumor lymph nodes, lung, brain and liver. The digestive tract is not a common site of metastasis. When involved, the small intestine is the organ most commonly affected. The stomach is a rare site of metastasis, found in only 7% percent of the cases. We report a case of a 72-year-old patient with a history of malignant melanoma who presented with acute epigastric pain. Enterotomography, upper endoscopy and additional biopsies confirmed the diagnosis of gastric metastases. Keywords: Melanocytic cell tumor; malignant melanoma; gastric metastases; digestive tract |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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