Author/Authors :
Melki, Gabriel Department of Internal Medicine - St. Joseph’s University Medical Center, Paterson, NJ, USA , Mohamed, Hadir Department of Internal Medicine - St. Joseph’s University Medical Center, Paterson, NJ, USA , Kapoor, Ashima Department of Internal Medicine - St. Joseph’s University Medical Center, Paterson, NJ, USA , Ha, Jewook Department of Internal Medicine - St. Joseph’s University Medical Center, Paterson, NJ, USA , Mohamed, Abdalla Department of Gastroenterology - St. Joseph’s University Medical Center, Paterson, NJ, USA , Patel, Varun Department of Gastroenterology - St. Joseph’s University Medical Center, Paterson, NJ, USA , J. Baddoura, Walid Department of Gastroenterology - St. Joseph’s University Medical Center, Paterson, NJ, USA
Abstract :
Melanoma is a very aggressive skin cancer that could metastasize to any organ in the body.
The treatment of melanomas includes surgical resection, chemotherapy, and immunotherapy.
After resections, melanomas could recur at the previous site or present as a distant metastatic
lesion. The symptoms of melanoma are vague and primarily occur because of the local disruption
of the tissue architecture. Presented here is a case of gastric melanoma that presented with abdominal
discomfort and melena in a patient with a history of penile melanoma that was completely
resected 3 years earlier. This case illustrates the importance of having metastatic lesions to the
intestinal tract as a differential for a patient with gastrointestinal hemorrhage.
Keywords :
Melanoma , Gastric Melanoma , Melena , Upper GI Bleed
