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A rare case of solitary gallbladder metastasis from an early cutaneous melanoma

Solitary gallbladder metastasis from melanoma is a rare phenomenon, in this case manifesting as biliary symptoms during and following pregnancy. It is important to consider uncommon causes of biliary symptoms to aid in prompt diagnosis and treatment. This patient was successfully treated with laparo...

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Autores principales: Doole, Emily Louise, Gan, Philip, Klein, Oliver
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8521313/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34703598
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.4908
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spelling pubmed-85213132021-10-25 A rare case of solitary gallbladder metastasis from an early cutaneous melanoma Doole, Emily Louise Gan, Philip Klein, Oliver Clin Case Rep Case Report Solitary gallbladder metastasis from melanoma is a rare phenomenon, in this case manifesting as biliary symptoms during and following pregnancy. It is important to consider uncommon causes of biliary symptoms to aid in prompt diagnosis and treatment. This patient was successfully treated with laparoscopic cholecystectomy and adjuvant immunotherapy. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2021-10-18 /pmc/articles/PMC8521313/ /pubmed/34703598 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.4908 Text en © 2021 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non‐commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.
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A rare case of solitary gallbladder metastasis from an early cutaneous melanoma
title A rare case of solitary gallbladder metastasis from an early cutaneous melanoma
title_full A rare case of solitary gallbladder metastasis from an early cutaneous melanoma
title_fullStr A rare case of solitary gallbladder metastasis from an early cutaneous melanoma
title_full_unstemmed A rare case of solitary gallbladder metastasis from an early cutaneous melanoma
title_short A rare case of solitary gallbladder metastasis from an early cutaneous melanoma
title_sort rare case of solitary gallbladder metastasis from an early cutaneous melanoma
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8521313/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34703598
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.4908
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