METASTATIC CUTANEUS MELANOMA OF THE GALLBLADDER-CASE REPORT
Journal
SANAMED
Date Issued
2019-08-04
Author(s)
Nancheva Bogoevska, Andrea
Bozinovska Beaka, Gordana
Gjoreski, Aleksandar
DOI
10.24125/sanamed.v14i2.326
Abstract
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.
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.
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