Gallbladder Melanoma Presenting with Acute RUQ Pain

Frederico F, Weatherly B, Weiss E, Carroll B and Earl T

Department of Radiology, The University of Mississippi Medical Center, USA

^*Correspondance to: Frederico F. Souza 

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Abstract:

We present a case of a 37 year old male with multiple co-morbidities including hemophilia A, HIV, and chronic hepatitis C who presented with progressively worsening right upper quadrant pain and intermittent nausea. Ultrasound demonstrated polypoid echogenic lesions along the gallbladder wall with flow on power Doppler. CT scan of the abdomen was subsequently performed and demonstrated enhancement of the gallbladder lesions. An MRI of the abdomen was also obtained and showed a dominant T1 hyper intense enhancing mass involving the gallbladder lumen, multiple enlarged lymph nodes and enhancing hepatic lesions promoting peripheral capsular retraction. The patient subsequently underwent diagnostic cholecystectomy and liver biopsy. Surgical pathology of the gallbladder was diagnostic for malignant melanoma, with liver biopsies also diagnostic for metastatic malignant melanoma.

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Frederico F, Weatherly B, Weiss E, Carroll B, Earl T. Gallbladder Melanoma Presenting with Acute RUQ Pain. Clin Oncol. 2016; 1: 1039.