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8498925

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-6-24
pubmed:abstractText
Although metastatic melanoma is renowned for its propensity to spread to a wide range of sites, symptomatic metastases within the biliary tree are very rare. A patient with a past history of melanoma who presented with obstructive jaundice and in whom computerized tomography (CT) scanning revealed a spherical filling defect 1 cm in diameter at the lower end of the common bile duct is reported. The obstructing lesion was thought likely to be a gallstone. However, on surgical exploration it was found to be a polypoid melanoma metastasis, freely mobile within the lumen of the lower duct but attached to its wall by a thin stalk. There was no evidence of metastatic melanoma elsewhere in the abdomen. The tumour was removed without difficulty, completely relieving the obstructive jaundice. The patient remains well 14 months later, with no evidence of recurrent visceral melanoma.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0004-8682
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
63
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
502-4
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1993
pubmed:articleTitle
Common bile duct obstruction due to intraluminal metastatic melanoma.
pubmed:affiliation
Sydney Melanoma Unit, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, New South Wales, Australia.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports