title: Jejuno-jejunal invagination due to intestinal melanoma.
abstract: Cutaneous melanoma is one of the most studied neoplastic lesions in biology and clinical oncology. It has been well documented that this type of neoplasm presents a high metastatic rate, and is able to involve nearly every tissue. Non-cutaneous melanoma represents an unusual pattern of melanoma, and the small intestine is an uncommon anatomic localization. Herein we report an extremely rare clinical case of a young woman affected by a bleeding jejunal melanoma, whose early clinical presentation was an intestinal invagination.
authors.affiliation: Università degli Studi di Ferrara, Dipartimento di Scienze Chirurgiche Anestesiologiche e Radiologiche, Istituto di Clinica Chirurgica, Arcispedale S. Anna, Corso Giovecca, Ferrara 203-44100, Italy.
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Resta
authors.forename: Gabriele
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Anania
authors.forename: Federico
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Messina
authors.forename: Damiano
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: de Tullio
authors.forename: Gloria
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ferrocci
authors.forename: Federico
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Zanzi
authors.forename: Davide
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Pellegrini
authors.forename: Rocco
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Stano
authors.forename: Giorgio
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Cavallesco
authors.forename: Gianfranco
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Azzena
authors.forename: Savino
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Occhionorelli
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007414:Intestinal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D007443:Intussusception / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D007579:Jejunal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D008545:Melanoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged