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Metastatic Melanoma Presenting As a Gastric Mass

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Journal Cureus
Specialty Biomedical Engineering
Date 2021 Jan 8
PMID 33415027
Citations 6
Authors
Kevin Groudan
Wendy Ma
Kirti Joshi
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Abstract

Melanoma is the most deadly form of skin cancer. While the jejunum, ileum, colon, and rectum are common gastrointestinal sites of metastasis, metastatic melanoma to the stomach is rare and usually not discovered until late in the disease. We report a patient who presented with weight loss and hematemesis; on esophagogastroduodenoscopy, a gastric mass was found, and pathology was consistent with melanoma.

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