Abstract:
Gastrointestinal melanomas are commonly
metastatic from a cutaneous origin. They cause
significant cancer related mortality.
A 47- year - old male patient presented with severe
pallor and prostration due to profuse upper GI
bleeding. He was urgently managed with fluid and
blood transfusion. Endoscopy revealed gastric mass
and CT showed gastric neoplasm with abdominal
lymphadenopathy but endoscopic biopsy revealed
inflammatory lesion. He had history of malignant
melanoma of right third toe three years back which
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