TY - JOUR AU - Masuda, Talis Shindy AU - Kuiava, Victor Antonio AU - Santos, Paulo Henrique Marques dos AU - Bonadeo, Nilton Maiolini PY - 2019/08/20 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Gastric metastases of a malignant melanoma JF - Clinical and Biomedical Research JA - Clin Biomed Res VL - 39 IS - 2 SE - Relatos de Casos: Imagens em Medicina DO - UR - https://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/hcpa/article/view/91682 SP - AB - <p>Malignant melanoma accounts for around 5% of all malignant skin tumors. It is considered one of the most aggressive neoplasms due to its high metastasizing capacity. The most common sites of metastasis are peri-tumor lymph nodes, lung, brain and liver. The digestive tract is not a common site of metastasis. When involved, the small intestine is the organ most commonly affected. The stomach is a rare site of metastasis, found in only 7% percent of the cases. We report a case of a 72-year-old patient with a history of malignant melanoma who presented with acute epigastric pain. Enterotomography, upper endoscopy and additional biopsies confirmed the diagnosis of gastric metastases.</p><p>Keywords: Melanocytic cell tumor; malignant melanoma; gastric metastases; digestive tract</p> ER -