title: Endoscopic diagnosis of metastatic disease of the stomach and duodenum.
abstract: The commonest tumours which metastasise to the upper gastrointestinal tract are from malignant melanoma, carcinoma of the breast  and lung. Over a period of 12 months, three persons with known malignant disease were submitted to endoscopy by reason of upper gastrointestinal symptoms which could have been due to associated non-malignant disease. Two patients had known malignant melanoma and one a carcinoma of the breast. In each instance, endoscopy and biopsy demonstrated evidence of metastatic disease.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004379:Duodenal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004724:Endoscopy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*