Vol 5, No 2 (2009)
Case report
Published online: 2009-04-20

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Gastric metastasis of skin melanoma - a case report

Aneta L. Zygulska, Adrian Wójcik, Marcin Nowak, Piotr Richter
Onkol. Prak. Klin 2009;5(2):69-71.

Abstract

Metastases of primary skin melanoma to the stomach are seldom. They are usually diagnosed on the basis of the autopsy. Case of 52-year-old female patient with separated gastric metastasis of skin melanoma is described in this report. Primary melanoma localized on the left lower limb was excised seven years earlier.

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