PRIMARY GASTRIC MELANOMA: UNEXPLAINED ABDOMINAL PAIN AND WEIGHT LOSS WITH GASTRIC MASS NOTED ON INITIAL COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY.

Abstract

66 years old gentleman presented with nonspecific abdominal pain symptoms and weight loss to the primary care physician. He was referred to the gastroenterology department after CT abdomen pelvis showed a a gastric mass with lymphadenopathy. Further endoscopy and immunochemistry revealed primary gastric melanoma to be the diagnosis.