Melanoma of the gallbladder: appropriate surgical management and review of the literature

Melanoma of the gallbladder: appropriate surgical management and review of the literature

KEY CLINICAL MESSAGEMelanomas of the gallbladder (GB) are extremely rare with a very poor prognosis. They feature in the literature as a few case reports and the method of their management is not clear. We report a case of patient with metastatic cutaneous melanoma to the GB, and our treatment sugge...

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Veröffentlicht in:Clinical case reports 2014, Vol.2 (6), p.313-318
Hauptverfasser: Christou, Demetris, Katodritis, Nicos, Decatris, Marios P, Katodritou, Angela, Michaelides, Ioannis, Nicolaou, Nicolaos, Kounoushis, Michalis, Hadjicostas, Panayiotis
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:KEY CLINICAL MESSAGEMelanomas of the gallbladder (GB) are extremely rare with a very poor prognosis. They feature in the literature as a few case reports and the method of their management is not clear. We report a case of patient with metastatic cutaneous melanoma to the GB, and our treatment suggestion.
ISSN:2050-0904
2050-0904
DOI:10.1002/ccr3.121