Metastatic Malignant Melanoma of The Stomach in an Oculocutaneous Albino Patient: First Case

Abstract

Malignant melanoma is very rare in the case of oculocutaneous albinism and approximately thirty cases have been reported in the literature. Sixty year old male patient with oculocutaneous albinism was operated four years ago at the right leg due to amelanotic malignant melanoma. The patient taken under follow-up postoperatively, presented with upper gastrointestinal system bleeding. Endoscopic biopsy was reported as malignant melanoma metastasis and than total gastrectomy was performed. There is yet no case with gastric metastasis presenting with oculocutaneous albinism and amelanotic malignant melanoma in the literature. The clinical aspects of this unique case are presented.Keywords: Melanoma, Oculocutaneous, Albinism, Stomach, Metastasis ÖZET Okülokutanöz Albinizmli Bir Hastada Mideye Metastatik Malign Melanom: ‹lk VakaMalign melanom okülokutanöz albinizimli hastalarda son derece nadir görülmekte olup literatürde yaklafl›k 30 vaka bildirilmifltir. Okülokutanöz albinizimli 60 yafl›ndaki erkek hasta 4 y›l önce amelanotik malign melanom nedeniyle sa¤ baca¤›ndan opere edildi. Postoperatif izleme al›nan hasta üst gastrointestinal sistem kanamas› ile baflvurdu. Endoskopisinde midede kitle saptanan hastan›n al›nan biyopsi sonucu malign melanom metastaz› olarak rapor edildi ve total gastrektomi operasyonu uyguland›. Literatürde henüz oculocutaneous albinism ve amelanotik malign melanom birlikteli¤i ile seyreden mide metastazl› herhangi bir olgu olmay›p vakam›z bu yönüyle ilk hasta olma özelli¤i tafl›maktad›r.