title: Metastases from a regressed malignant melanoma as a cause of haemoperitoneum.
abstract: We report a case of metastasis from a regressed cutaneous melanoma presenting as an acute abdomen. The patient presented with peritonitis, which at operation was found to be due to intraperitoneal haemorrhage from a bleeding metastatic melanoma lesion in the ileum. Surgical resection was performed and the patient remained well 2 years later.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Walsgrave Hospital NHS Trust, Coventry, UK.
authors.forename: L S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.forename: S O
authors.initials: SO
authors.lastname: Odogwu
authors.forename: F T
authors.initials: FT
authors.lastname: Lam
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006465:Hemoperitoneum / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007078:Ileal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery