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A case of primary gastric melanoma

https://doi.org/10.18027/2224-5057-2020-10-35-40

Abstract

Primary gastric melanoma is an extremely rare disease. Melanoma of upper gastrointestinal tract usually occurs as metastasis from a primary skin tumor in 1 to 4 % of cases. The paper describes a case report of primary gastric melanoma in a female patient who received complex therapy at the State Healthcare Institution Ulyanovsk Regional Clinical Oncology Dispensary.

About the Authors

E. A. Toneev
Regional Clinical Cancer Center; Ulyanovsk State University
Russian Federation

Evgeniy A. Toneev, Thoracic surgeon, Regional Clinical Cancer Center, postgraduate student at the University Surgery Department, medical faculty of Ulyanovsk State University

Ulyanovsk



A. L. Charyshkin
Ulyanovsk State University
Russian Federation

Aleksey L. Charyshkin, MD, PhD, DSc, Prof., Head of the University Surgery Department, medical faculty of Ulyanovsk State University 

Ulyanovsk



N. V. Dengina
Regional Clinical Cancer Center; Ulyanovsk State University
Russian Federation
Natalya V. Dengina, MD, PhD, Head of Radiotherapy Department Regional Clinical Cancer Center, assistant professor at the Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Oncology, medical faculty of Ulyanovsk State University

Ulyanovsk



A. V. Zhinov
Regional Clinical Cancer Center
Russian Federation
Anatoliy V. Zhinov, MD, PhD, Surgeon, Head of Surgery Department No. 1 

Ulyanovsk



A. A. Martynov
Regional Clinical Cancer Center
Russian Federation
Aleksandr A. Martynov, Thoracic surgeon, Head of the Thoracic Surgery Department

Ulyanovsk



S. V. Gordonov
Regional Clinical Cancer Center
Russian Federation
Sergey V. Gordonov, Surgeon, Surgery Department No. 1

Ulyanovsk



M. M. Lazarevskiy
Regional Clinical Cancer Center
Russian Federation
Mikhail Lazarevskiy, MD, pathologist, Department of Pathomorphology 

Ulyanovsk



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Toneev E.A., Charyshkin A.L., Dengina N.V., Zhinov A.V., Martynov A.A., Gordonov S.V., Lazarevskiy M.M. A case of primary gastric melanoma. Malignant tumours. 2020;10(1):35-40. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.18027/2224-5057-2020-10-35-40

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