Early solitary small bowel metastasis from stage I cutaneous melanoma
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UNLABELLED Male, 63 FINAL DIAGNOSIS: Melanoma Symptoms: Gastrointesinal haemorrhage Medication: - Clinical Procedure: Enterectomy Specialty: Oncology. OBJECTIVE Unusual clinical course. BACKGROUND It is reported that the time interval between the initial diagnosis of malignant melanoma and the diagnosis of the gastrointestinal metastases is 43.8±11.3 months. CASE REPORT We present the case of a 63-year-old Caucasian man who was operated on for superficial spreading Stage IB melanoma and 8 months later was diagnosed with solitary small bowel metastasis without other systemic metastases. CONCLUSIONS Small bowel melanoma metastasis should be suspected in any patient with previous history of malignant melanoma who develops symptoms of anemia, gastrointestinal hemorrhage, and non-specific abdominal pain.
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