RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Metastatic primary gastric melanoma: a rare clinical presentation and a review of literature
JF BMJ Case Reports
JO BMJ Case Reports
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP e249312
DO 10.1136/bcr-2022-249312
VO 15
IS 7
A1 Mahapatra, Bikash Ranjan
A1 Muraleedharan, Anupam
A1 Das Majumdar, Saroj Kumar
A1 Adhya, Amit Kumar
YR 2022
UL http://casereports.bmj.com/content/15/7/e249312.abstract
AB Primary gastric melanoma is a rare clinical finding. It presents with upper gastrointestinal symptoms like abdominal pain, weight loss and melaena. It is often difficult to differentiate a primary gastric melanoma from primary cutaneous melanoma with gastric metastasis. Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy and biopsy of the lesion for histopathology and immunohistochemistry help to reach a definite diagnosis. We report a case of primary gastric melanoma with metastases to the liver and bone. The patient was treated with palliative radiotherapy, palliative chemotherapy and a bone-stabilising agent.