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Case Reports
. 2013 Sep;6(5-6):150-1.

Melanoma metastasis to the gastric mucosa preceded by guillain-barré as a paraneoplastic syndrome

Rodrigo Kraft Rovere  1 , Maria Eduarda Pires de Souza, Sara Fernanda Hilgert, Yasmine Rodrigues Chamse Ddine, Adma Silva de Lima
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Melanoma metastasis to the gastric mucosa preceded by guillain-barré as a paraneoplastic syndrome

Rodrigo Kraft Rovere et al. Gastrointest Cancer Res. 2013 Sep.
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Figures

Figure 1.
Figure 1.
Greater view: nodular lesion on the gastric mucosa.
Figure 2.
Figure 2.
Lateral view: nodular lesion on the gastric mucosa with high borders and depressed, dark center.
Figure 3.
Figure 3.
Closer view: nodular lesion on the gastric mucosa with eroded, depressed, dark center.
Figure 4.
Figure 4.
Gastric mucosa infiltrated by a malignant neoplasm constituted by proliferating melanocytic cells with irregular, hyperchromatic, prominent nuclei and pigment production compatible with metastatic melanoma.
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