(Association of medical doctors "Sanamed" Novi Pazar, 2019-08-04) ;
Nancheva Bogoevska, Andrea
;
Bozinovska Beaka, Gordana
;
Gjoreski, Aleksandar
;
Melanoma is an aggressive malignant
tumor that originates from melanocytes and most com-
monly occurs on the skin. Dominantly metastasize to
regional lymph nodes, in the brain and lungs and rarely
in the gastrointestinal (GI) system. The aim of this re-
port is to present a rare case of metastasis of cutaneous
malignant melanoma in the gallbladder, discovered 10
months after excision of the primary melanoma of the
skin. A 45-year-old patient was hospitalized in our hos-
pital due to abdominal pain in right upper quadrant and
nausea lasting for 7 days. An intraluminal substrate
was found in the gallbladder with computed tomogra-
phy and later a CT guied biopsy was performed on it,
thus proving a metastatic deposit of primary malignant
melanoma.
Metastatic deposits in the gallbladder are extre-
mely rare finding, and 238 cases have been described
in the literature.
