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KMID : 0377619730240030255
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Korean Jungang Medical Journal
1973 Volume.24 No. 3 p.255 ~ p.257
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A Case of Metastatic Mailgnant Melanoma of Gall Bladder with Cholelithiasis
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Abstract
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Malignant melanoma is known to metastasize to all organs of the human body and´ its manifestations are protean. The gall bladder is said to be involved in 15 per cent of fatal cases of malignant melanoma implanting on serosal surface is majority. However, rarely the metastatic lesions were observed in the mucosa of the gall bladder without showing any ante-mortem history of suggestive acute or subacute cholecystitis.
This report is concerned with a case of malignant melanoma metastatic to the mucosa of the gall bladder showing multiple tumor ulceration and gall stones in 40 years old male. Clinical history revealed recurrent colicky pain for 8 months and weight loss of 15 kg. during the period. A green bean sized nevus is noted in the back and no metastatic lesion is observed in the abdominal cavity. The patient was discharged on the 8th day after cholesystectomy.
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