Jejuno-jejunal invagination due to intestinal melanoma

World J Gastroenterol. 2007 Jan 14;13(2):310-2. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i2.310.

Abstract

Cutaneous melanoma is one of the most studied neoplastic lesions in biology and clinical oncology. It has been well documented that this type of neoplasm presents a high metastatic rate, and is able to involve nearly every tissue. Non-cutaneous melanoma represents an unusual pattern of melanoma, and the small intestine is an uncommon anatomic localization. Herein we report an extremely rare clinical case of a young woman affected by a bleeding jejunal melanoma, whose early clinical presentation was an intestinal invagination.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Female
  • Humans
  • Intestinal Neoplasms / complications
  • Intestinal Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Intestinal Neoplasms / pathology
  • Intussusception / diagnosis*
  • Intussusception / etiology
  • Intussusception / pathology
  • Jejunal Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Jejunal Diseases / etiology
  • Jejunal Diseases / pathology
  • Melanoma / complications
  • Melanoma / diagnosis*
  • Melanoma / pathology
  • Middle Aged