Metastatic melanoma in the gallbladder: report of a case.
Both primary and secondary gallbladder melanomas are rare and, when a solitary melanoma is found in the gallbladder, it is difficult to determine if it is primary or metastatic disease. We report the case of a young woman found to have a single metastatic gallbladder melanoma. Surgical removal of a solitary metastatic focus remains the treatment of choice for isolated metastasis of a malignant melanoma; however, the effectiveness of complementary chemotherapy and immunotherapy is still being examined.
Gogas
John
J
Second Department of Propedeutic Surgery, Athens University School of Medicine, Laiko General Hospital, Ag. Thomas Str. 17, 115-27 Goudi, Athens, Greece.
Mantas
Dimitrios
D
Gogas
Helen
H
Kouskos
Efstratios
E
Markopoulos
Christos
C
Vgenopoulou
Stephania
S
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005706:Gallbladder Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008545:Melanoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*