Korean J Gastrointest Endosc.  2011 Jun;42(6):388-391.

A Case of Whole Body Metastatic Malignant Melanoma

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  • 1Department of Internal Medicine, CHA Gumi Medical Center, CHA University, Gumi, Korea. 76058886@hanmail.net

Abstract

Malignant melanomas have the potential to metastasize to any site in the body. They commonly invade the gastrointestinal tract. The small bowel is most commonly involved, followed by the stomach, large bowel, and esophagus. The vast majority of gastrointestinal melanomas are metastatic from a cutaneous lesion. An abdominal CT scan revealed multiple and variable sized low density lesions throughout the whole liver. Endoscopy revealed multiple black pigmentations at the distal esophagus, stomach, duodenum and rectum. The brain CT showed multiple hemorrhagic metastases in the brain. This 72-year-old man had malignant melanoma in his right thumb one year ago. It had metastasized to the liver, lung, gastrointestinal tract and brain. Here we report this case of whole body metastatic malignant melanoma and review the literature.

Keyword

Malignant melanoma; Melanoma

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Brain
Duodenum
Endoscopy
Esophagus
Gastrointestinal Tract
Humans
Liver
Lung
Melanoma
Neoplasm Metastasis
Pigmentation
Rectum
Stomach
Thumb
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