| Literature DB >> 26881591 |
Sanket Bankar, Shraddha Patkar, Sangeeta Desai, Shailesh V Shrikhande1.
Abstract
Malignant melanomas often present with metastasis to regional lymph nodes. Patients are also known to present with metastatic nodes in the absence of a known primary. However metastatic melanoma involving the stomach is rare in the scenario of an unknown primary lesion. We present a case of a 41-year-old lady who was treated for nodal disease in the right axilla 8. months earlier with an unknown primary. She later presented to us with a recurrent right axillary swelling and on evaluation was found to also have a nodular deposit on the greater curvature of the stomach. Histopathology of the deposit in conjunction with immunohistochemical markers S.100P, Melan-A and HMB-45, confirmed the diagnosis of malignant melanoma. The patient underwent surgical excision of both lesions and is now on regular follow-up.Entities:
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Year: 2015 PMID: 26881591 DOI: 10.4103/0973-1482.148680
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Cancer Res Ther ISSN: 1998-4138 Impact factor: 1.805