Abstract

NAVARRO BALLESTER, A.; DE LAZARO DE MOLINA, S.; CANO MARQUINA, A.J.  and  GARCIA-VILA, J.H.. Melanoma maligno gastrointestinal en paciente albino: a propósito de un caso. Rev. argent. radiol. [online]. 2014, vol.78, n.2, pp.99-101. ISSN 1852-9992.

Albinos are predisposed to suffer certain types of skin cancer, but not usually melanoma, with just a few reports documenting it .Gastrointestinal tract is a relatively frequent site of melanoma occurrence, weather as a primary tumour or metastasis. We report a case of a 70 year-old female patient who underwent a computed tomography where a gastric and a bowel tumor were found. The pathology study was compatible with the diagnosis of an amelanotic melanoma. Despite that the diagnosis of melanoma in albine patients is a rare finding, it must be considered. It is also important to search through the digestive system even if there is no primary melanoma known.

Keywords : Melanoma; Gastric; Intestinal; Tumor; Albinism.

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