Melanoma with gastric metastases
An 81-year-old woman with a history of malignant melanoma who presented with dyspnea and fatigue was found to have metastases to the stomach detected on endoscopy. Primary cutaneous malignant melanoma with gastric metastases is a rare occurrence, and it is often not detected until autopsy because of...
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Greater Baltimore Medical Center
2016-09-01
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| author | Katherine Wong Sam W. Serafi Abhijit S. Bhatia Irene Ibarra Elizabeth A. Allen |
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| description | An 81-year-old woman with a history of malignant melanoma who presented with dyspnea and fatigue was found to have metastases to the stomach detected on endoscopy. Primary cutaneous malignant melanoma with gastric metastases is a rare occurrence, and it is often not detected until autopsy because of its non-specific manifestations. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c472419f85bb404b8fcb0ae58c1bf5382023-01-02T05:12:52ZengGreater Baltimore Medical CenterJournal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives2000-96662016-09-01641410.3402/jchimp.v6.3197231972Melanoma with gastric metastasesKatherine Wong0Sam W. Serafi1Abhijit S. Bhatia2Irene Ibarra3Elizabeth A. Allen4 Department of Medicine, MedStar Union Memorial Hospital, Baltimore, MD, USA Department of Rheumatology, George Washington University Hospital, Washington, DC, USA Department of Medicine, MedStar Union Memorial Hospital, Baltimore, MD, USA Department of Medicine, MedStar Union Memorial Hospital, Baltimore, MD, USA Department of Medicine, MedStar Union Memorial Hospital, Baltimore, MD, USAAn 81-year-old woman with a history of malignant melanoma who presented with dyspnea and fatigue was found to have metastases to the stomach detected on endoscopy. Primary cutaneous malignant melanoma with gastric metastases is a rare occurrence, and it is often not detected until autopsy because of its non-specific manifestations.http://www.jchimp.net/index.php/jchimp/article/view/31972/pdf_206melanomagastricmetastasesmalignantHMB-45S-100prognosis |
| spellingShingle | Katherine Wong Sam W. Serafi Abhijit S. Bhatia Irene Ibarra Elizabeth A. Allen Melanoma with gastric metastases Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives melanoma gastric metastases malignant HMB-45 S-100 prognosis |
| title | Melanoma with gastric metastases |
| title_full | Melanoma with gastric metastases |
| title_fullStr | Melanoma with gastric metastases |
| title_full_unstemmed | Melanoma with gastric metastases |
| title_short | Melanoma with gastric metastases |
| title_sort | melanoma with gastric metastases |
| topic | melanoma gastric metastases malignant HMB-45 S-100 prognosis |
| url | http://www.jchimp.net/index.php/jchimp/article/view/31972/pdf_206 |
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