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A 3D Organotypic Melanoma Spheroid Skin Model
Published on: May 18, 2018
Case of fake acute abdomen by metastatic melanoma
Lorenzo Cattorini1, Alessandro Spizzirri, Vincenzo Napolitano
1Department of General Surgery, University of Perugia, Italy. lcattorini@gmail.com
Annali Italiani Di Chirurgia
|May 22, 2012
Abstract:
Malignant melanoma is the neoplasm with highest probability of cardiac metastatization. Cardiac involvement by metastatic melanoma is rarely identified ante-mortem (5-30% of cases) for non-specificity of cardiac symptoms. In fact we show in this case report that abdominal pain can represent the predominant symptom. Furthermore we show the importance of linkage between clinical & anamnestic data which if underestimated can lead to an improper management and to the patient exitus.
