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Case Reports
. 2008 Nov;4(11):795-7.

Primary gastric melanoma: a rare cause of upper gastrointestinal bleeding

Anupama Ravi  1
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Case Reports

Primary gastric melanoma: a rare cause of upper gastrointestinal bleeding

Anupama Ravi. Gastroenterol Hepatol (N Y). 2008 Nov.
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Figure 1
Figure 1
Upper endoscopy revealed a large necrotic ulcerated mass extending from the antrum to the body of the stomach.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Contrast-enhanced computed tomography scan of the abdomen demonstrated thickening of the posterior wall of the body of the stomach with extension of the mass into the gastric lumen and into the adjacent fat (yellow arrow) with 2 enlarged lymph nodes.
Figure 3
Figure 3
Biopsy of the mass showed neoplastic cells in a sheet-like growth pattern showing no glandular differentiation (hematoxylin & eosin stain, ×200).
Figure 4
Figure 4
Tumor cells were strongly positive for immunoperoxidase staining for Melan A (× 200).
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