{"id":4704,"date":"2010-11-19T02:33:48","date_gmt":"2010-11-19T07:33:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/insidesurgery.com\/?p=4704"},"modified":"2011-04-09T23:54:58","modified_gmt":"2011-04-10T03:54:58","slug":"metastatic-melanoma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/insidesurgery.com\/2010\/11\/metastatic-melanoma\/","title":{"rendered":"Metastatic Melanoma"},"content":{"rendered":"
\nMalignant melanoma is the most common tumor to have metastatic lesions to the gastrointestinal tract. Up to 60% of patients who die of melanoma have develop gastrointestinal mets.<\/p>\n
PET scan is the test of choice for detecting metastatic melanoma and these lesions often present with bleeding and obstruction.
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Malignant melanoma is the most common tumor to have metastatic lesions to the gastrointestinal tract. Up to 60% of patients who die of melanoma have develop gastrointestinal mets. PET scan is the test of choice for detecting metastatic melanoma and these lesions often present with bleeding and obstruction.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[3455,2590,3454],"yoast_head":"\n