title: Metastatic melanoma of the gallbladder.
abstract: A 38-year-old man arrived at our clinic with symptoms and investigation results (U.S. scan and MR) suggestive of acute calculous cholecystitis. He gave a past history of excision of a stage I melanoma of the shoulder. Metastatic disease was suspected following measurement of CA 19.9 levels and the CT scan. The patient underwent laparotomy and cholecystectomy; pathological examination confirmed the presence of a malignant melanoma metastatic lesion of the gallbladder.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery I, Ospedale L. Sacco, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Cellerino
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Corsi
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Morandi
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Foschi
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Trabucchi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005706:Gallbladder Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D012782:Shoulder; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed