Role of minimally invasive surgery in the treatment of gallbladder metastatic melanoma. A review of the literature and a case report

BACKGROUND: Primary and secondary gallbladder melanomas are rare, and only 58 cases have been reported in scientific literature to date. This paper aimed to explore the role of minimally invasive surgery in the management of gallbladder metastatic melanomas. CASE: Herein, we present the case of a 68...

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Autores principales: Bangeas, Petros Ioannis, Bekiaridou, Alexandra, Tsolakidis, Alexandros, Efthymiadis, Kostantinos Georgios, Drevelegkas, Kostantinos, Giakoustidis, Dimitris, Giakoustidis, Alexandros, Alexidis, Petros, Papadopoulos, Vassileios Nikolaos
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2022
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Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9327651/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34981676
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cnr2.1549
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Sumario:BACKGROUND: Primary and secondary gallbladder melanomas are rare, and only 58 cases have been reported in scientific literature to date. This paper aimed to explore the role of minimally invasive surgery in the management of gallbladder metastatic melanomas. CASE: Herein, we present the case of a 68‐year‐old man with metastatic gallbladder melanoma who was treated with laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Our case management was then compared with that of other cases reported in the literature. CONCLUSION: Currently, metastatic melanomas can be considered as a potentially curable disease. Palliation of symptoms and fast recovery following minimally invasive procedures could be beneficial for these patients. Particularly, laparoscopic procedures appear to prolong the survival of gallbladder melanoma patients.

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