Umbilicated gastric polyposis. An indicator of metastatic gastric tumor.
A case of multiple centrally umbilicated gastric polyps is presented. Several endoscopic biopsies of the various polyps rapidly established the histological diagnosis of amelantoic melanoma. The significance and differential diagnosis of this endoscopic lesion is discussed.
D001706:Biopsy; D004724:Endoscopy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D011127:Polyps / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*