Laparoscopic intragastric resection of melanoma cardial lesion

摘要

Background: Gastrointestinal tract involvements of metastatic melanoma are rare; 7% of gastrointestinal tract metastases of melanoma concerns the stomach [1]. Actually, bleeding from gastric melanoma metastasis is very rare. For the first time in Literature, this video shows a laparoscopic intragastric resection [2] of a cardial lesion of melanoma. A 64-year old patient with history of a skin melanoma resection with lung and liver metastatic disease confirmed by FDG PET, stable after repeated cycles of Pembrolizumab, presented anemia with gastrointestinal bleeding signs. Endoscopy and CT scans documented a 4-cm subcardial metastatic melanoma lesion. Endoscopic ultrasound evaluation confirmed no full-thickness involvement of gastric wall. Patient refused blood transfusions because Jehovah's Witness. Since the tumor position so close to the cardias contraindicated both typical endoscopic and laparoscopic approaches, we proposed laparoscopic intragastric solution in order to avoid risk related to a total gastrectomy.