METASTATIC MALIGNANT-MELANOMA - AN UNUSUAL CASE PRESENTATION

Secondary involvement of the genitourinary tract with malignant melano ma is a common autopsy finding, but rarely evident clinically. We repo rt a rare case involving a previously asymptomatic patient presenting with gross hematuria and a large renal mass, which was found to be met astatic melanoma. We propose that metastatic melanoma to the kidney, a lthough rare, be considered in the differential diagnosis of disease p rocesses causing hematuria.