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- Title
Unusual presentation of melanoma of unknown primary origin: A case report and review of literature.
- Authors
Bankar, Sanket; Patkar, Shraddha; Desai, Sangeeta; Shrikhande, Shailesh V.
- 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.
- Subjects
GASTROINTESTINAL cancer; LYMPH node cancer
- Publication
Journal of Cancer Research & Therapeutics, 2015, Vol 11, Issue 4, p1025
- ISSN
0973-1482
- Publication type
case study
- DOI
10.4103/0973-1482.148680