Malignant gastrointestinal melanoma with an unknown primary
Malignant melanoma is rare in India; melanoma presenting as a metastatic disease with an unknown primary, involving the gastrointestinal tract without involving lymph nodes is extremely uncommon. We report a case of a 28-year-old male with a malignant melanoma metastasizing to stomach and liver with...
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2009-01-01
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| author | Krishna Mohan M.V.T Rajappa Senthil Reddy T Paul T |
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| description | Malignant melanoma is rare in India; melanoma presenting as a metastatic disease with an unknown primary, involving the gastrointestinal tract without involving lymph nodes is extremely uncommon. We report a case of a 28-year-old male with a malignant melanoma metastasizing to stomach and liver with an unknown primary. Relevant literature is being reviewed. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-48ff089945df4f839a783b72a2881f552025-08-20T03:09:55ZengThieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd.Indian Journal of Medical and Paediatric Oncology0971-58510975-21292009-01-013028789Malignant gastrointestinal melanoma with an unknown primaryKrishna Mohan M.V.TRajappa SenthilReddy TPaul TMalignant melanoma is rare in India; melanoma presenting as a metastatic disease with an unknown primary, involving the gastrointestinal tract without involving lymph nodes is extremely uncommon. We report a case of a 28-year-old male with a malignant melanoma metastasizing to stomach and liver with an unknown primary. Relevant literature is being reviewed.http://www.ijmpo.org/article.asp?issn=0971-5851;year=2009;volume=30;issue=2;spage=87;epage=89;aulast=KrishnaGastrointestinalmelanomaunknown primary |
| spellingShingle | Krishna Mohan M.V.T Rajappa Senthil Reddy T Paul T Malignant gastrointestinal melanoma with an unknown primary Indian Journal of Medical and Paediatric Oncology Gastrointestinal melanoma unknown primary |
| title | Malignant gastrointestinal melanoma with an unknown primary |
| title_full | Malignant gastrointestinal melanoma with an unknown primary |
| title_fullStr | Malignant gastrointestinal melanoma with an unknown primary |
| title_full_unstemmed | Malignant gastrointestinal melanoma with an unknown primary |
| title_short | Malignant gastrointestinal melanoma with an unknown primary |
| title_sort | malignant gastrointestinal melanoma with an unknown primary |
| topic | Gastrointestinal melanoma unknown primary |
| url | http://www.ijmpo.org/article.asp?issn=0971-5851;year=2009;volume=30;issue=2;spage=87;epage=89;aulast=Krishna |
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