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Journal of Mind and Medical Sciences

Melanoma

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Asymptomatic Jejunal Metastatic Melanoma. A Case Report Of Anemia Of Uncertain Origin, Cornelia Nitipir, Andreea Parosanu, Cristina Orlov-Slavu, Cătălin Piriianu, Radu Vrabie, Iulian Slavu, Valentin Calu Apr 2022

Asymptomatic Jejunal Metastatic Melanoma. A Case Report Of Anemia Of Uncertain Origin, Cornelia Nitipir, Andreea Parosanu, Cristina Orlov-Slavu, Cătălin Piriianu, Radu Vrabie, Iulian Slavu, Valentin Calu

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Gastrointestinal metastases from cutaneous melanoma are rare and usually asymptomatic, with most patients not being clinically diagnosed throughout their lifetime. We report a case of how melanoma may metastasize insidiously in the small bowel. Unexplained iron deficiency anemia was assumed to be the result of underlying gastrointestinal bleeding. Therefore, the diagnosis of jejunal metastasis from cutaneous melanoma was suggested based on imaging findings and made through the histopathological examination. According to the international guidelines, the patient underwent the complete excision of the primary tumor and therapeutic lymph node dissection. Furthermore, an adjuvant treatment was required to reduce the risk of …


Pigmented Melanoma Cell Migration Study On Murine Syngeneic B16f10 Melanoma Cells Or Tissue Transplantation Models, Maria-Cristina Predoi, Ion Mîndrilă, Sandra Alice Buteică, Ovidiu Marcel Mărginean, Bogdan Mîndrilă, Mihaela Niculescu Oct 2019

Pigmented Melanoma Cell Migration Study On Murine Syngeneic B16f10 Melanoma Cells Or Tissue Transplantation Models, Maria-Cristina Predoi, Ion Mîndrilă, Sandra Alice Buteică, Ovidiu Marcel Mărginean, Bogdan Mîndrilă, Mihaela Niculescu

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Melanoma is a lethal form of skin cancer with poor prognosis, especially due to the early metastatic feature. Recent studies have shown that the melanin pigment influences the nanomechanical properties and, therefore, the metastatic behavior of the melanoma cells. We aimed to study the growth of subcutaneously transplanted syngeneic melanoma tissue in female C57BL/6 mice harvested from a mouse with a four-week B16F10 melanoma. Also, we studied the effect of the melanin pigment loading on the peritumoral migratory abilities of melanoma cells. Even when the syngeneic transplant was different (cultured cells vs. tumor tissue), the morphological features and the tumor …