title: Early solitary small bowel metastasis from stage I cutaneous melanoma.
abstract: Male, 63 FINAL DIAGNOSIS: Melanoma Symptoms: Gastrointesinal haemorrhage Medication: - Clinical Procedure: Enterectomy Specialty: Oncology.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  Unusual clinical course.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  It is reported that the time interval between the initial diagnosis of malignant melanoma and the diagnosis of the gastrointestinal metastases is 43.8±11.3 months.
  
  
  METHODS
  We present the case of a 63-year-old Caucasian man who was operated on for superficial spreading Stage IB melanoma and 8 months later was diagnosed with solitary small bowel metastasis without other systemic metastases.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Small bowel melanoma metastasis should be suspected in any patient with previous history of malignant melanoma who develops symptoms of anemia, gastrointestinal hemorrhage, and non-specific abdominal pain.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgical Oncology, Theageneio Anticancer Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.
authors.forename: Paschalis
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gavriilidis
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgical Oncology, Theageneio Anticancer Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.
authors.forename: Georgios
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Efthimiopoulos
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgical Oncology, Theageneio Anticancer Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.
authors.forename: Georgios
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zafiriou
keywords: gastrointestinal metastases; malignant melanoma; small bowel melanoma metastases