Year 2023 / Volume 115 / Number 5
Letter
A rare gastrointestinal tumor: primary gastric melanoma

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DOI: 10.17235/reed.2022.8715/2022

Pilar Navajas Hernández, Pilar del Pino Bellido, Reyes Aparcero López, Jesús Machuca Aguado, Ángel Caunedo Álvarez,

Abstract
Primary gastric melanoma is an exceptional tumour with less than 20 cases described in the literature, as its origin is not entirely clear as the presence of melanocytes in the stomach has not been demonstrated. Symptomatology is non-specific, which prevents its early detection, and it is diagnosed in late stages. We present the case of a patient who was admitted to our hospital for vomiting in coffee grounds with analytical and haemodynamic repercussions. Urgent gastroscopy revealed a gastric lesion suspicious for malignancy, which was histologically confirmed as gastric melanoma. The therapeutic approach to these tumours is complex and they have a very poor prognosis.
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Navajas Hernández P, del Pino Bellido P, Aparcero López R, Machuca Aguado J, Caunedo Álvarez Á. A rare gastrointestinal tumor: primary gastric melanoma. 8715/2022


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Publication history

Received: 15/02/2022

Accepted: 28/09/2022

Online First: 20/10/2022

Published: 05/05/2023

Article revision time: 222 days

Article Online First time: 247 days

Article editing time: 444 days


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