Large Necrotic Mass in the Small Bowel

Melanoma of unknown primary (MUP) is a melanoma found in sites other than the skin, mucosa, or eye. It is most commonly present in lymph nodes and least frequently in visceral organs. Diagnosis is difficult given its internal presentation and is often late stage with poor prognosis. We report an 89-...

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Autores principales: Singh, Rohit, Torre, Kristin, Farooq, Hafsa, Chang, Victor
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer 2020
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7304532/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32637438
http://dx.doi.org/10.14309/crj.0000000000000393
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Torre, Kristin
Farooq, Hafsa
Chang, Victor
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description Melanoma of unknown primary (MUP) is a melanoma found in sites other than the skin, mucosa, or eye. It is most commonly present in lymph nodes and least frequently in visceral organs. Diagnosis is difficult given its internal presentation and is often late stage with poor prognosis. We report an 89-year-old man who presented with weakness, a 27-kg weight loss, and gastrointestinal bleeding. He was found to have a large necrotic mass in the small bowel consistent with melanoma. Although he had extensive skin, anogenital, and ocular examinations, no cutaneous lesion was identified, therefore leading to a diagnosis of MUP.
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spelling pubmed-73045322020-07-06 Large Necrotic Mass in the Small Bowel Singh, Rohit Torre, Kristin Farooq, Hafsa Chang, Victor ACG Case Rep J Case Report Melanoma of unknown primary (MUP) is a melanoma found in sites other than the skin, mucosa, or eye. It is most commonly present in lymph nodes and least frequently in visceral organs. Diagnosis is difficult given its internal presentation and is often late stage with poor prognosis. We report an 89-year-old man who presented with weakness, a 27-kg weight loss, and gastrointestinal bleeding. He was found to have a large necrotic mass in the small bowel consistent with melanoma. Although he had extensive skin, anogenital, and ocular examinations, no cutaneous lesion was identified, therefore leading to a diagnosis of MUP. Wolters Kluwer 2020-06-11 /pmc/articles/PMC7304532/ /pubmed/32637438 http://dx.doi.org/10.14309/crj.0000000000000393 Text en © 2020 The Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. on behalf of The American College of Gastroenterology. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives License 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0) (CCBY-NC-ND), where it is permissible to download and share the work provided it is properly cited. The work cannot be changed in any way or used commercially without permission from the journal.
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