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Ileal intussusception secondary to small bowel metastases from melanoma

2009; Elsevier BV; Volume: 198; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.amjsurg.2008.09.018

1879-1883

Jean M. Butte, Manuel Meneses, Enrique Waugh, Hugo Parada, Hernán De La Fuente,

Colorectal and Anal Carcinomas

A 54-year-old man on palliative treatment for disseminated cutaneous malignant melanoma presented with abdominal pain and abdominal distention. A computed tomography scan showed an area in the distal ileum suggesting intussusceptions. In an exploratory laparotomy, a 10-cm mass was found comprised of the distal ileum that had intussuscepted secondary to the small bowel metastases of melanoma. A palliative resection of 2 segments of the small bowel was performed.