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Although the gastrointestinal tract seems to be a common site for melanoma metastases it is extremely unlikely that a melanoma of the gastric mucosa is of primary origin. Only a few cases have been reported in the literature, and the diagnosis is made clinically, endoscopically, or by postmortem material. Moreover, most of these patients have visceral metastases in other areas. A case of malignant melanoma of the stomach diagnosed endoscopically is presented. It was confirmed histologically without any other detectable primary lesion.
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Iconomou, T.G., Tsoutsos, D., Frangia, K. et al. Malignant melanoma of the stomach presenting with an unknown primary lesion. Eur J Plast Surg 26, 153–155 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00238-003-0497-6
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