An Incidental Finding of Gastric and Duodenal Pseudomelanosis: A Case Report
Pseudomelanosis of the upper gastrointestinal tract is a rare diagnosis of undetermined significance, most commonly affecting the duodenum. Endoscopically, it is characterized by dark spickled pigmentation . Its development has been linked to certain conditions and medications. Involvement of the st...
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| author | Mohamed Wael Mohamed Rawan Althahabi Faisal Abubaker Omar Sharif |
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| description | Pseudomelanosis of the upper gastrointestinal tract is a rare diagnosis of undetermined significance, most commonly affecting the duodenum. Endoscopically, it is characterized by dark spickled pigmentation . Its development has been linked to certain conditions and medications. Involvement of the stomach is extremely rare with very few cases reported in the literature to date. We report an 85-year-old male who is known to have type 2 diabetes mellitus, dyslipidemia, iron deficiency anemia, and chronic kidney disease who underwent an esophagogastroduodenoscopy for evaluation of upper gastrointestinal bleeding and was found to have gastric and duodenal pseudomelanosis confirmed by biopsy. It is an extremely rare benign condition, but metastatic melanoma has to be ruled out, as was done in this case. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-df2f9f5cc2734294a716e6936222bac72022-12-22T00:18:55ZengKarger PublishersCase Reports in Gastroenterology1662-06312022-04-0116126426910.1159/000524192524192An Incidental Finding of Gastric and Duodenal Pseudomelanosis: A Case ReportMohamed Wael Mohamed0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9034-2084Rawan Althahabi1Faisal Abubaker2https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5984-4847Omar Sharif3Department of Internal Medicine, King Hamad University Hospital, Al-Muharraq, BahrainDepartment of Internal Medicine, King Hamad University Hospital, Al-Muharraq, BahrainDepartment of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Endoscopy, King Hamad University Hospital, Al-Muharraq, BahrainHead of Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Endoscopy, King Hamad Univer-sity Hospital, Al-Muharraq, BahrainPseudomelanosis of the upper gastrointestinal tract is a rare diagnosis of undetermined significance, most commonly affecting the duodenum. Endoscopically, it is characterized by dark spickled pigmentation . Its development has been linked to certain conditions and medications. Involvement of the stomach is extremely rare with very few cases reported in the literature to date. We report an 85-year-old male who is known to have type 2 diabetes mellitus, dyslipidemia, iron deficiency anemia, and chronic kidney disease who underwent an esophagogastroduodenoscopy for evaluation of upper gastrointestinal bleeding and was found to have gastric and duodenal pseudomelanosis confirmed by biopsy. It is an extremely rare benign condition, but metastatic melanoma has to be ruled out, as was done in this case.https://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/524192pseudomelanosisendoscopycase report |
| spellingShingle | Mohamed Wael Mohamed Rawan Althahabi Faisal Abubaker Omar Sharif An Incidental Finding of Gastric and Duodenal Pseudomelanosis: A Case Report Case Reports in Gastroenterology pseudomelanosis endoscopy case report |
| title | An Incidental Finding of Gastric and Duodenal Pseudomelanosis: A Case Report |
| title_full | An Incidental Finding of Gastric and Duodenal Pseudomelanosis: A Case Report |
| title_fullStr | An Incidental Finding of Gastric and Duodenal Pseudomelanosis: A Case Report |
| title_full_unstemmed | An Incidental Finding of Gastric and Duodenal Pseudomelanosis: A Case Report |
| title_short | An Incidental Finding of Gastric and Duodenal Pseudomelanosis: A Case Report |
| title_sort | incidental finding of gastric and duodenal pseudomelanosis a case report |
| topic | pseudomelanosis endoscopy case report |
| url | https://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/524192 |
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