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Acute cholecystitis from metastatic melanoma to the gall–bladder in a patient with a low–risk melanoma
Author(s) -
LANGLEY R.G.B.,
BAILEY E.M.,
SOBER A.J.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
british journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.304
H-Index - 179
eISSN - 1365-2133
pISSN - 0007-0963
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2133.1997.d01-1188.x
Subject(s) - medicine , melanoma , pathological , cholecystitis , metastatic melanoma , gall , abdominal pain , disease , acute cholecystitis , presentation (obstetrics) , acute abdominal pain , metastasis , gallbladder , dermatology , pathology , surgery , cancer , cancer research , botany , biology
Summary Metastatic melanoma to the gall‐bladder producing symptoms which mimic cholecystitis is anuncommon and unusual clinical presentation on metastatic disease. We present a case of a 40‐year‐old women who initially had a thin primary cutaneous melanoma, and later presented with acute abdominal pain which was diagnosed as acute cholecystitis. Pathological review of the gall‐bladder revealed metastatic melanoma.