title: [Acute abdomen as initial manifestation of metastatic melanoma].
abstract: The malignant melanoma is a relatively common neoplasia, with origin generally in the melanocytics cells in the skin, but with presentation of other possible primary lesions, being presented in this, a case witnessed of liver and mesentery metastases with unknown primary sites.
authors.affiliation: Cirurgião Oncológico, Hospital Universitário Walter Cantídio, Universidade Federal do Ceará, CE, Brazil. maureliopbarros@terra.com.br
authors.forename: Marcos Aurélio Pessoa
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Barros
authors.forename: Nathalia Siqueira Robert
authors.initials: NS
authors.lastname: de Castro
authors.forename: Thiago Camelo
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Mourão
mesh_terms: D000006:Abdomen, Acute / Q000209:etiology*; D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000556:secondary*; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary*