A Rare Case of Metastatic Malignant Melanoma to the Colon from an Unknown Primary

Metastatic melanoma from an unknown primary (MUP) is rare; its occurrence in the gastrointestinal tract is of exceedingly low prevalence. We report a case of a 73-year-old man with metastatic malignant melanoma to the colon from an unknown primary. The rarity of MUP and importance of screening for g...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Reddy, Preethi, Walker, Courtney, Afonso, Bianca
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4100276/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25093125
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/312902
_version_ 1782326648283070464
author Reddy, Preethi
Walker, Courtney
Afonso, Bianca
author_facet Reddy, Preethi
Walker, Courtney
Afonso, Bianca
author_sort Reddy, Preethi
collection PubMed
description Metastatic melanoma from an unknown primary (MUP) is rare; its occurrence in the gastrointestinal tract is of exceedingly low prevalence. We report a case of a 73-year-old man with metastatic malignant melanoma to the colon from an unknown primary. The rarity of MUP and importance of screening for gastrointestinal metastasis in patients with malignant melanoma are discussed along with the role of surgical resection in improving prognosis and overall survival.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-4100276
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2014
publisher Hindawi Publishing Corporation
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-41002762014-08-04 A Rare Case of Metastatic Malignant Melanoma to the Colon from an Unknown Primary Reddy, Preethi Walker, Courtney Afonso, Bianca Case Rep Gastrointest Med Case Report Metastatic melanoma from an unknown primary (MUP) is rare; its occurrence in the gastrointestinal tract is of exceedingly low prevalence. We report a case of a 73-year-old man with metastatic malignant melanoma to the colon from an unknown primary. The rarity of MUP and importance of screening for gastrointestinal metastasis in patients with malignant melanoma are discussed along with the role of surgical resection in improving prognosis and overall survival. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014 2014-06-30 /pmc/articles/PMC4100276/ /pubmed/25093125 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/312902 Text en Copyright © 2014 Preethi Reddy et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Case Report
Reddy, Preethi
Walker, Courtney
Afonso, Bianca
A Rare Case of Metastatic Malignant Melanoma to the Colon from an Unknown Primary
title A Rare Case of Metastatic Malignant Melanoma to the Colon from an Unknown Primary
title_full A Rare Case of Metastatic Malignant Melanoma to the Colon from an Unknown Primary
title_fullStr A Rare Case of Metastatic Malignant Melanoma to the Colon from an Unknown Primary
title_full_unstemmed A Rare Case of Metastatic Malignant Melanoma to the Colon from an Unknown Primary
title_short A Rare Case of Metastatic Malignant Melanoma to the Colon from an Unknown Primary
title_sort rare case of metastatic malignant melanoma to the colon from an unknown primary
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4100276/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25093125
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/312902
work_keys_str_mv AT reddypreethi ararecaseofmetastaticmalignantmelanomatothecolonfromanunknownprimary
AT walkercourtney ararecaseofmetastaticmalignantmelanomatothecolonfromanunknownprimary
AT afonsobianca ararecaseofmetastaticmalignantmelanomatothecolonfromanunknownprimary
AT reddypreethi rarecaseofmetastaticmalignantmelanomatothecolonfromanunknownprimary
AT walkercourtney rarecaseofmetastaticmalignantmelanomatothecolonfromanunknownprimary
AT afonsobianca rarecaseofmetastaticmalignantmelanomatothecolonfromanunknownprimary

Ejemplares similares