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Due to Metastatic Malignant Melanoma of Small Intestine

MATTHEW N. HARRIS, MD

AMA Arch Surg. 1964;88(6):1049-1051.

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Massive gastrointestinal hemorrhage from metastatic malignant melanoma to the small intestine is relatively uncommon. Characteristically the lesion causes abdominal pain with or without intestinal obstruction rather than massive hemorrhage.¹ We have recently encountered an instance of massive gastrointestinal bleeding secondary to metastatic malignant melanoma which was treated by resective operation.

Report of Case

A 37-year-old white man was first admitted to Bellevue Hospital on May 23, 1960, because of a small lesion of the skin of the right upper quadrant of the abdomen. The patient had noticed this lesion one year prior to admission and told of a sudden increase in size six months prior to admission. Originally described as a raised, flat, pale brown nevus, the lesion had become dark brown-black in color, and it bled on irritation. A biopsy specimen revealed "melanoma." On June 7, 1960, wide excision of the lesion, split-thickness skin graft, and axillary node . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
NEW YORK

Instructor in Surgery, New York University Medical School.

Footnotes
Submitted for publication Jan 27, 1964.

This investigation was supported by a Public Health Service Traineeship from the Cancer Control Program, United States Public Health Service.

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