Case Report
Tia Leading to the Diagnosis Amelanotic Metastatic Gastric Melanoma
1Department of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, University of Texas, McGovern School of Medicine, USA
2Department of Resident Internal Medicine, University of Texas, McGovern School of Medicine, USA
3Department of Assistant Professor Pathology, University of Texas, McGovern School of Medicine, USA
4Department of Assistant Professor Gastroenterology &Hepatology, University of Texas, McGovern School of Medicine, USA
Received Date: August 07, 2019; Published Date: August 13, 2019
Abstract
Melanoma metastatic to the GI tract is a rare disease. Due to hematogenous spread it usually presents as multiple pigmented lesions in the GI tract. We present a case of a 62 years old gentleman diagnosed with melanoma presenting to the hospital with GI bleed and severe anemia. Endoscopic evaluation revealed a large gastric polypoid mass which proved to be a metastatic melanoma diagnosed 39 months after the initial diagnosis of primary melanoma. The rare presentation of our case is the amelanotic nature of the metastatic melanoma appearing as a gastric mass.
