Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Malignant melanoma of the stomach presenting in a woman: a case report. | Goral et al. Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011 5 94 http content 5 1 94 JOURNALOF medical case reports CASE REPORT Open Access Malignant melanoma of the stomach presenting in a woman a case report 1 1 2 2 2 3 Vedat Goral Feyzullah Ucmak Serdar Yildirim Sezgin Barutcu Serdar lleri Ilknur Aslan Huseyin Buyukbayram4 Abstract Introduction Malignant melanoma is reported to metastasize to all organs of the human body. Although it is common for it to metastasize to the gastrointestinal tract a melanoma located primarily in the gastric mucosa is an uncommon tumor. Gastrointestinal metastases are rarely diagnosed before death with radiological and endoscopic techniques. Case presentation In this case report the clinical course and treatment of a woman with melanoma of the stomach without any other detectable primary lesion is presented and discussed. A 55-year-old Turkish woman presented to our clinic with complaints of muscle pain and bone pain in the left side of her chest. During an upper gastrointestinal system endoscopy dark cherry-colored light elevated round-shaped lesions were taken from her gastric fundus and from the first part of her duodenum. Biopsies from these samples were determined to be malignant melanoma by the pathologist. Conclusion Metastatic malignant melanoma cases should be examined through endoscopy for gastrointestinal metastases. Introduction Malignant melanoma is reported to metastasize to all organs of the human body 1-4 . Although it is common for it to metastasize to the gastrointestinal tract GIT a melanoma located primarily in the gastric mucosa is an uncommon tumor 5 6 . Gastrointestinal metastases are rarely diagnosed before death using radiological and endoscopic techniques 7-9 . Also GIT metastases can appear in various morphological forms and therefore immunohistochemistry is often useful in distinguishing between a malignant melanoma and other malignancies. The median survival time for melanoma patients .
