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
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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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author Bangeas, Petros Ioannis
Bekiaridou, Alexandra
Tsolakidis, Alexandros
Efthymiadis, Kostantinos Georgios
Drevelegkas, Kostantinos
Giakoustidis, Dimitris
Giakoustidis, Alexandros
Alexidis, Petros
Papadopoulos, Vassileios Nikolaos
author_facet Bangeas, Petros Ioannis
Bekiaridou, Alexandra
Tsolakidis, Alexandros
Efthymiadis, Kostantinos Georgios
Drevelegkas, Kostantinos
Giakoustidis, Dimitris
Giakoustidis, Alexandros
Alexidis, Petros
Papadopoulos, Vassileios Nikolaos
author_sort Bangeas, Petros Ioannis
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description 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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spelling pubmed-93276512022-07-30 Role of minimally invasive surgery in the treatment of gallbladder metastatic melanoma. A review of the literature and a case report Bangeas, Petros Ioannis Bekiaridou, Alexandra Tsolakidis, Alexandros Efthymiadis, Kostantinos Georgios Drevelegkas, Kostantinos Giakoustidis, Dimitris Giakoustidis, Alexandros Alexidis, Petros Papadopoulos, Vassileios Nikolaos Cancer Rep (Hoboken) Case Reports 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. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2022-01-03 /pmc/articles/PMC9327651/ /pubmed/34981676 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cnr2.1549 Text en © 2021 The Authors. Cancer Reports published by Wiley Periodicals LLC. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Case Reports
Bangeas, Petros Ioannis
Bekiaridou, Alexandra
Tsolakidis, Alexandros
Efthymiadis, Kostantinos Georgios
Drevelegkas, Kostantinos
Giakoustidis, Dimitris
Giakoustidis, Alexandros
Alexidis, Petros
Papadopoulos, Vassileios Nikolaos
Role of minimally invasive surgery in the treatment of gallbladder metastatic melanoma. A review of the literature and a case report
title Role of minimally invasive surgery in the treatment of gallbladder metastatic melanoma. A review of the literature and a case report
title_full Role of minimally invasive surgery in the treatment of gallbladder metastatic melanoma. A review of the literature and a case report
title_fullStr Role of minimally invasive surgery in the treatment of gallbladder metastatic melanoma. A review of the literature and a case report
title_full_unstemmed Role of minimally invasive surgery in the treatment of gallbladder metastatic melanoma. A review of the literature and a case report
title_short Role of minimally invasive surgery in the treatment of gallbladder metastatic melanoma. A review of the literature and a case report
title_sort role of minimally invasive surgery in the treatment of gallbladder metastatic melanoma. a review of the literature and a case report
topic Case Reports
url 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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