title: Metastatic melanoma of the gallbladder: an unusual clinical presentation of acute cholecystitis.
abstract: Metastatic disease from cutaneous melanoma can affect all organs of the body, and varies in its biological behavior and clinical presentation. We present the case of a 58-year-old man who arrived at our clinic with acute abdominal pain, which, after investigation, was diagnosed as acute cholecystitis. The patient underwent laparotomy and cholecystectomy. Two years ago, he underwent surgical removal of a primary cutaneous melanoma on his right upper back. Pathological examination revealed the presence of malignant melanoma with a metastatic lesion of the gallbladder.
authors.affiliation: 4th Department of Surgery, Athens University School of Medicine, Attikon General Hospital, Rimini 1, 12462 Chaidari, Athens, Greece. spiridon.vernadakis@uk-essen.de
authors.forename: Spiridon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Vernadakis
authors.forename: Georgios
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rallis
authors.forename: Nikolaos
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Danias
authors.forename: Costas
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Serafimidis
authors.forename: Evangelos
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Christodoulou
authors.forename: Michail
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Troullinakis
authors.forename: Nikolaos
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Legakis
authors.forename: Georgios
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Peros
mesh_terms: D041881:Cholecystitis, Acute / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005704:Gallbladder / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis