Abdominal pain in a patient with melanoma.
BACKGROUND
Malignant melanoma is the most common metastatic tumor of the gastrointestinal tract and can present with abdominal pain, small bowel obstruction, or occult gastrointestinal bleeding. Diagnosing abdominal pain due to metastatic melanoma is best accomplished by intraluminal studies and computed tomography. Surgical resection of the tumor burden limited to the gastrointestinal tract has been shown to extend periods of palliation in this poor long-term survival group.


OBJECTIVE
We will review a case of abdominal pain in a melanoma patient and review the literature.
Datner
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Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Health System, Philadelphia.
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D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007580:Jejunal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary*; D008545:Melanoma / Q000556:secondary*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed