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Pseudomelanosis of stomach, duodenum, and jejunum
Tarun Rustagi1, Muhammad S Mansoor, Joanna A Gibson
1*Section of Digestive Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine ‡Department of Pathology, Yale University School of Medicine †Department of Internal Medicine, Yale New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT.
Abstract:
Pseudomelanosis is a rare finding during upper gastrointestinal endoscopy, and is most commonly seen in the duodenum. Involvement of other organs in the upper gastrointestinal tract is extremely rare, with only 1 reported case involving the stomach, duodenum, and jejunum. We present a case of a 60-year-old woman with mild anemia and hematemesis, who was found to have characteristic speckled pattern of gray-black pigmentation on endoscopic examination. To the best of our knowledge, this is the second reported case of pseudomelanosis involving the stomach, duodenum, and jejunum.
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