Metastatic malignant melanoma of upper gastrointestinal tract.
A 74-year-old male patient developed intermittent melena and anemia after he had received surgical resection for malignant melanoma of the right foot and radical dissection of the right inguinal metastatic lymph node. The source of bleeding was identified to be metastatic melanoma of stomach and duodenum by panendoscopy and biopsy. Patient refused surgical intervention and died of pneumonia two weeks later.
Shen
M T
MT
Department of Medicine, Veterans General Hospital-Taipei, R.O.C.
Hwang
S J
SJ
Hsieh
R K
RK
Li
W Y
WY
Yinn
J H
JH
Lai
K H
KH
Lee
S D
SD
Tsai
Y T
YT
D000368:Aged; D004378:Duodenal Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D004379:Duodenal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000556:secondary*; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000150:complications / Q000556:secondary*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D013272:Stomach Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000556:secondary*