| Autor: |
Talis Shindy Masuda, Victor Antonio Kuiava, Paulo Henrique Marques dos Santos, Nilton Maiolini Bonadeo |
| Jazyk: |
English<br />Portuguese |
| Rok vydání: |
2019 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Clinical and Biomedical Research, Vol 39, Iss 2 (2019) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| 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 |
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