title: Metastatic malignant melanoma presenting as an appendiceal mucocele.
abstract: Melanoma metastatic to the appendix is extremely rare. Here we describe a case of a 31-year-old female from Bolivia with a remote history of metastatic malignant melanoma first diagnosed as a cutaneous malignant melanoma ten years prior to this presentation. The patient was being followed for a mucocele which on resection was found to be metastatic melanoma. "Mucocele" is a generic diagnosis that warrants further characterization and treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Rhode Island Hospital, The Warren Alpert Medical School at Brown University, Providence, RI 02908, USA.
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Alduaij
authors.forename: M B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Resnick
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kawata
authors.forename: V E
authors.initials: VE
authors.lastname: Pricolo