Melanoma metastasis mimicking gastric cancer: a challenge that starts from diagnosis.
gastric cancer
gastric melanoma
gastrointestinal metastasis
misdiagnosis
poorly differentiated gastric cancer
Journal
Therapeutic advances in gastroenterology
ISSN: 1756-283X
Titre abrégé: Therap Adv Gastroenterol
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101478893
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
2021
2021
Historique:
received:
30
09
2020
accepted:
04
01
2021
entrez:
15
3
2021
pubmed:
16
3
2021
medline:
16
3
2021
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
The gastrointestinal tract is an uncommon site of metastasis in melanoma. However, when the primary melanoma cannot be found, the diagnosis of gastric melanoma by endoscopic biopsy is problematic mainly because some tumors are amelanotic and do not contain melanin granules detectable by microscopy. A 56-year-old Caucasian man with melanoma was referred to us following an initial histopathological diagnosis
Identifiants
pubmed: 33717209
doi: 10.1177/1756284821989559
pii: 10.1177_1756284821989559
pmc: PMC7925946
doi:
Types de publication
Case Reports
Langues
eng
Pagination
1756284821989559Informations de copyright
© The Author(s), 2021.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Conflict of interest: The authors declare that there is no conflict of interest.
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