title: [Metastasis to the small intestine of malignant melanoma as a rare cause of intestinal hemorrhage].
abstract: This is the case report of a 63 year old female patient, who was admitted to the hospital due to an unexplained anemia. A malignant melanoma of the cheek was excised four years previously (stage II, Clark level V, TNM classification: pT4, pNl, MO), followed by chemotherapy. By x-ray and CT examination an intestinal malignant growth was assumed. Laparotomy revealed a metastasis of the malignant melanoma, situated in the middle of the jejunum as cause of the occult bleeding. Complete resection of the tumor was successfully carried out. A second look laparotomy one year later revealed no further tumor growth in the abdominal cavity.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung für Chirurgie, Kreiskrankenhaus Husum, Bundesrepublik Deutschland.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Wulf
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Schröder
mesh_terms: D005153:Facial Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007580:Jejunal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D007583:Jejunum / Q000473:pathology; D008545:Melanoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D009780:Occult Blood; D012086:Reoperation; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
vernacular_title: Dünndarmmetastase eines malignen Melanoms als seltene Ursache einer intestinalen Blutung.