Primary malignant melanoma of the gastric antrum: A case report

Abstract Primary melanoma of the antrum is a rare and aggressive disease. Diagnosis requires a correlation between the patient's history, tumor histopathology, and immunohistochemistry. Surgery and mutation‐targeted treatments may improve overall survival.

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Main Authors: Ahmed I. Younes, Anas Mohamed, Areeba H. Rizvi, Karyn Prenshaw
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2021-06-01
Series:Clinical Case Reports
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.4495
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spelling doaj-189da119b45a4a1dbbe0235e613028da2021-08-17T08:40:46ZengWileyClinical Case Reports2050-09042021-06-0196n/an/a10.1002/ccr3.4495Primary malignant melanoma of the gastric antrum: A case reportAhmed I. Younes0Anas Mohamed1Areeba H. Rizvi2Karyn Prenshaw3Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine East Carolina University/Vidant Medical Center Greenville NC USADepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine East Carolina University/Vidant Medical Center Greenville NC USADepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine East Carolina University/Vidant Medical Center Greenville NC USADepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine East Carolina University/Vidant Medical Center Greenville NC USAAbstract Primary melanoma of the antrum is a rare and aggressive disease. Diagnosis requires a correlation between the patient's history, tumor histopathology, and immunohistochemistry. Surgery and mutation‐targeted treatments may improve overall survival.https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.4495antrumgastricmelanomamucosal
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author Ahmed I. Younes
Anas Mohamed
Areeba H. Rizvi
Karyn Prenshaw
spellingShingle Ahmed I. Younes
Anas Mohamed
Areeba H. Rizvi
Karyn Prenshaw
Primary malignant melanoma of the gastric antrum: A case report
Clinical Case Reports
antrum
gastric
melanoma
mucosal
author_facet Ahmed I. Younes
Anas Mohamed
Areeba H. Rizvi
Karyn Prenshaw
author_sort Ahmed I. Younes
title Primary malignant melanoma of the gastric antrum: A case report
title_short Primary malignant melanoma of the gastric antrum: A case report
title_full Primary malignant melanoma of the gastric antrum: A case report
title_fullStr Primary malignant melanoma of the gastric antrum: A case report
title_full_unstemmed Primary malignant melanoma of the gastric antrum: A case report
title_sort primary malignant melanoma of the gastric antrum: a case report
publisher Wiley
series Clinical Case Reports
issn 2050-0904
publishDate 2021-06-01
description Abstract Primary melanoma of the antrum is a rare and aggressive disease. Diagnosis requires a correlation between the patient's history, tumor histopathology, and immunohistochemistry. Surgery and mutation‐targeted treatments may improve overall survival.
topic antrum
gastric
melanoma
mucosal
url https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.4495
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