Open AccessMultifocal Gastrointestinal Melanoma
Author(s) -
Stergios Kouvaras,
Theodore Rokkas,
Helen Goga,
Harikleia Gakiopoulou,
P. Arapantoni,
George Haliotis,
Dimitrios Mantas
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of gastrointestinal and liver diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.641
H-Index - 48
eISSN - 1842-1121
pISSN - 1841-8724
DOI - 10.15403/jgld-185
Subject(s) - medicine , ipilimumab , melanoma , mucosal melanoma , stomach , adjuvant therapy , adjuvant , dermatology , oncology , gastroenterology , cancer , immunotherapy , cancer research
Primary mucosal melanoma is a rare disease, with a worse prognosis than cutaneous melanoma. We present a patient with primary melanoma of the stomach and small intestine, with good outcome after radical surgical excision and adjuvant ipilimumab therapy.