Gastric metastasis of acrolentiginous melanoma

Selma El Kadiri¹, Sara Elloudi¹, Rhizlane Chaoui¹, Zakia Douhi¹, Hanane Bay Bay¹, Fatima-Zahra Mernissi¹, Leila Chbani², Imane Gouzi²

¹Departement of Dermatology, CHU Hassan II, Fez, Morocco, ²Anatomopathology Department, CHU Hassan II, Fez, Morocco

Corresponding author: Dr. Selma El Kadiri, E-mail: elkadiri-s@hotmail.com

Submission: 16.01.2020; Acceptance: 13.02.2020

DOI: 10.7241/ourd.2020e.12

Cite this article: El Kadiri S, Elloudi S, Chaoui R, Douhi Z, Bay Bay H, Mernissi F-Z, Chbani L, Gouzi I. Gastric metastasis of acrolentiginous melanoma. Our Dermatol Online. 2020;11(e):e12.1.

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The stomach is a rare site of melanoma metastasis [1]. We report a base of a 63-year-old patient with a history of acrolentiginous plantar left melanoma with surgical, and lymphatic node excision 5-years ago who presented to the hospital complaining of intermittent epigastralgia and a transit-metastasis. A body scanner was performed and showed two hepatic nodules with antro-fundic thickening. An esophago-gastro-duodenoscopy showed a 6-centimeter pigmented crater involving the lesser curvature with raised and irregular borders (Fig. 1). Pathology revealed that the stomach was infiltrated by a population of atypical pigmented tumor cells (Figs. 2a and 2b). The cells expressed the melanoma marker HMB-45 and melan-A on immunohistochimical stains confirming the diagnostic of gastric metastasis of melanoma. Serum LDH level was elevated. The patient’s file was discussed in a multidisciplinary consultation meeting and palliative dacarbazine-type chemotherapy was adopted for this patient.

	Figure 1. Endoscopic image of pigmented crater involving the lesser curvature.
	Figure 2. (a and b) H&E stained slide at 100× and 200x magnification demonstrating pigment deposition can be seen within the cells of the malignant melanoma.

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REFERENCE

1. Liang KV, Sanderson SO, Nowakowski GS, Arora AS. Metastatic malignant melanoma of the gastrointestinal tract. Mayo Clinic Proceedings. 2006;81:511–16.

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