Multifocal Gastrointestinal Melanoma

J Gastrointestin Liver Dis. 2019 Jun 1:28:237-240. doi: 10.15403/jgld-185.

Abstract

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Immunological / therapeutic use
  • Chemotherapy, Adjuvant / methods
  • Female
  • Gastrectomy / methods
  • Gastrointestinal Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Gastrointestinal Neoplasms / pathology
  • Gastrointestinal Neoplasms / therapy
  • Humans
  • Ipilimumab / therapeutic use
  • Melanoma / diagnosis*
  • Melanoma / pathology
  • Melanoma / therapy
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / pathology
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / therapy
  • Stomach Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Stomach Neoplasms / pathology
  • Stomach Neoplasms / therapy

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents, Immunological
  • Ipilimumab