Year 2023 / Volume 115 / Number 11
Letter
Metastatic melanoma: an uncommon cause of upper gastrointestinal bleeding

675-676

DOI: 10.17235/reed.2023.9678/2023

Francisco Vara-Luiz, Marta Patita, Gonçalo Nunes, Jorge Fonseca,

Abstract
Melanoma gastrointestinal metastases are rare and represent a late stage of malignant disease with the jejunum and ileum being the most common locations followed by stomach, colon and duodenum. We present a case of a patient with past history of cutaneous melanoma treated twelve years before, in remission. The patient developed upper gastrointestinal bleeding due to metastatic melanoma in the duodenum.
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Publication history

Received: 19/04/2023

Accepted: 20/04/2023

Online First: 12/05/2023

Published: 13/11/2023

Article Online First time: 23 days

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