Gastric metastases from invasive primary mucosal epithelioid malignant melanoma of the hard palate: report of the first case in the English literature.

Melanocytes arise from the neural crest and migrate to the epidermis, meninges, uveal tract and ectodermal mucosa. Normal gastric mucosa lacks melanocytes. A 64-year-old woman presented to us with nausea and vomiting.