Role of minimally invasive surgery in the treatment of gallbladder metastatic melanoma. A review of the literature and a case report.

Background: Primary and secondary gallbladder melanomas are rare, and only 58 cases have been reported in scientific literature to date. This paper aimed to explore the role of minimally invasive surgery in the management of gallbladder metastatic melanomas.

Case: Herein, we present the case of a 68-year-old man with metastatic gallbladder melanoma who was treated with laparoscopic cholecystectomy.