title: Laparoscopic hemicolectomy for cutaneous malignant melanoma metastasis to the ileocaecal valve.
abstract: Colonic tumours are most frequently primary and lesions secondary to metastasis are uncommon. Malignant melanoma is an aggressive cancer, with a tendency to metastasize and recur. This report describes the case of a 66-year-old man who underwent wide local excision and adjuvant therapy for malignant melanoma three years prior to presentation with loose stools, abdominal cramps and iron deficiency anaemia. CT colonography showed a 6cm ileocaecal mass, and following a laparoscopic right hemicolectomy, histological examination revealed a metastatic melanoma to the ileocaecal valve. Subsequent positron emission tomography showed no residual metastatic disease. Malignant melanoma metastasis to the colon is a rare clinical entity. Metastectomy via laparoscopic right hemicolectomy is an appropriate and effective treatment.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Boland
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Burke
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Morrin
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Deasy
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy; D003082:Colectomy / Q000379:methods*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007078:Ileal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery*; D007080:Ileocecal Valve; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D000096142:Cutaneous Malignant Melanoma