Melanoma Metastasizing to the Small Intestine: A Case Report Illustrating Symptomatic and Asymptomatic Involvement

Symptomatic gastrointestinal (GI) involvement of melanoma is rare, however, it is a frequent autopsy finding in patients with primary cutaneous melanoma. We present a case of metastatic cutaneous melanoma with initial asymptomatic jejunal involvement as found on a positron emission tomography (PET)...

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Published in:Cureus
Main Authors: Asad-Ur-Rahman, FNU, Abbass, Aamer, Majeed, Umair, Navaneethan, Udayakumar
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Cureus 2016
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Gastroenterology
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4905701/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27330876
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.608
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