ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS FROM METASTATIC MELANOMA TO THE GALLBLADDER IN A PATIENT WITH A LOW-RISK MELANOMA

Authors
LANGLEY RGB BAILEY EM SOBER AJ
Citation
Rgb. Langley et al., ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS FROM METASTATIC MELANOMA TO THE GALLBLADDER IN A PATIENT WITH A LOW-RISK MELANOMA, British journal of dermatology, 136(2), 1997, pp. 279-282
Citations number
25
Categorie Soggetti
Dermatology & Venereal Diseases
Journal title
British journal of dermatology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00070963
Volume
136
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
279 - 282
Database
ISI
SICI code
0007-0963(1997)136:2<279:ACFMMT>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
Metastatic melanoma to the gall-bladder producing symptoms which mimic cholecystitis is an uncommon and unusual clinical presentation of met astatic disease. We present a case of a 40-year-old women who initiall y had a thin primary cutaneous melanoma, and later presented with acut e abdominal pain which was diagnosed as acute cholecystitis. Pathologi cal review of the gall-bladder revealed metastatic melanoma.