Metastases from a regressed malignant melanoma as a cause of haemoperitoneum.
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.
Wong
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Department of Surgery, Walsgrave Hospital NHS Trust, Coventry, UK.
Odogwu
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SO
Lam
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FT
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