Amelanotic metastatic melanoma of the stomach presenting with iron deficiency anemia

Acta Gastroenterol Belg. 2017 Apr-Jun;80(2):327-328.

Authors

M D Iadevaia¹, D Sgambato¹, A Miranda¹, E Ferrante¹, A Federico¹, F C Sasso¹, F P D'Armiento², M Palla³, M Romano¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal and Experimental Medicine "Magrassi-Lanzara", Second University of Naples, Via Pansini, 80131, Naples (Italy).
² Department of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, Section of Pathology, Federico II University, Via Pansini 5, 80131 Naples (Italy).
³ O.U. Melanoma, Cancer Immunotherapy and Innovative Therapies, National Cancer Institute of Naples "G. Pascale" Foundation, Naples, Italy.

PMID: 29560705

No abstract available

Keywords: gastrointestinal tract; iron deficiency; melanoma; metastatic melanoma.

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Aged
Anemia, Iron-Deficiency* / diagnosis
Anemia, Iron-Deficiency* / etiology
Antineoplastic Agents, Immunological / administration & dosage
Diagnosis, Differential
Gastroscopy / methods*
Humans
Immunohistochemistry
Ipilimumab / administration & dosage*
Male
Melanoma, Amelanotic* / complications
Melanoma, Amelanotic* / drug therapy
Melanoma, Amelanotic* / pathology
Melanoma, Amelanotic* / secondary
Skin Neoplasms* / pathology
Skin Neoplasms* / surgery
Stomach / diagnostic imaging*
Stomach / pathology
Stomach Neoplasms* / complications
Stomach Neoplasms* / drug therapy
Stomach Neoplasms* / pathology
Stomach Neoplasms* / secondary

Substances

Antineoplastic Agents, Immunological
Ipilimumab