Year 2023 / Volume 115 / Number 6
Letter
A slightly different polyp: melanoma metastasis diagnosed by colonoscopy

343-344

DOI: 10.17235/reed.2023.9667/2023

Guillermo Castillo López, Julián Sanz Ortega, Santiago González Vázquez, María Teresa Alonso Sierra, Beatriz Merchán Gómez, César Prieto de Frías, José María Riesco López,

Abstract
Melanoma metastases are rare in the colon. Its diagnosis is difficult because they do not usually produce symptoms. They can present through the endoscopic image of a non-pigmented polyp. This is the case of a 56-year-old woman diagnosed with melanoma metastasis through polypectomy of an unusual-looking polyp.
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Castillo López G, Sanz Ortega J, González Vázquez S, Alonso Sierra M, Merchán Gómez B, Prieto de Frías C, et all. A slightly different polyp: melanoma metastasis diagnosed by colonoscopy. 9667/2023


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Publication history

Received: 15/04/2023

Accepted: 26/04/2023

Online First: 12/05/2023

Published: 06/06/2023

Article Online First time: 27 days

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