Open AccessPrimary gastric melanoma in a young woman: A case report
Author(s) -
Guojie Long,
WenTing Ou,
Lin Lin,
Cai-Jin Zhou
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
world journal of clinical cases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.368
H-Index - 10
ISSN - 2307-8960
DOI - 10.12998/wjcc.v8.i24.6425
Subject(s) - medicine , melanoma , primary (astronomy) , general surgery , dermatology , cancer research , physics , astronomy
Most melanomas identified in the stomach are metastatic. The primary gastric melanoma (PGM) is extremely rare. As such, clinical reports of PGM are scarce in the literature, lending to the challenge of diagnosis and treatment.