Open AccessPrimary melanoma of the gallbladder: Does it exist Report of a case and review of the literature
Author(s) -
M Safioleas,
E. Agapitos,
Konstantinos Kontzoglou,
Michail Stamatakos,
Panagiotis Safioleas,
George Mouzopoulos,
Alkiviadis Kostakis
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.v12.i26.4259
Subject(s) - medicine , melanoma , gallbladder , adjuvant , immunotherapy , disease , primary tumor , chemotherapy , primary (astronomy) , adjuvant chemotherapy , oncology , surgery , general surgery , metastasis , cancer , cancer research , breast cancer , physics , astronomy
With the occasion of a case of malignant melanoma of the gallbladder, which appeared to be primary, we have reviewed the literature and the result of this research was that primary melanoma of the gallbladder remains a questionable medical entity. Only few cases of both primary and metastatic gallbladder melanoma have been reported so far, and the only agreement is that surgery is the mainstay treatment. The role of adjuvant chemotherapy, hormonotherapy or immunotherapy for both primary and metastatic disease remains undefined.