Metastatic malignant melanoma of the upper gastrointestinal tract. diagnosis with conventional and NBI endoscopy

Background: Incidence of (cutaneous) malignant melanoma is rising. Malignant melanoma is one of the most common malignancies to metastasize to the upper gastrointetstinal (UGI) tract. These metastases are rare, detected clinically in only less than 5% of these patients. GI metastasis can present at any time and means advanced disease and poor prognosis. Case reports: We report 2 cases of malignant melanoma metastatic to the UGI tract, one diagnosed with conventional and one diagnosed with NBI endoscopy. The first case is an 89 year old man who underwent resection of a cutaneous melanoma on his back 8 months prev…