<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The case of a 76-year-old patient, with a history of melanoma, admitted to the department of gastroenterology with symptoms of hypovolemic shock, caused by massive gastrointestinal bleeding. Clot-covered melanoma metastases were detected in both gastroduodenoscopy and colonoscopy. Gastrointestinal melanoma metastases are found in the majority of patients with advanced melanoma during autopsy; however, they are rarely detected in intravital studies and can be misdiagnosed as other benign lesions in endoscopy. In cases of patients with history of melanoma, metastases should be considered as the cause of non-specific abdominal symptoms, anemia, or bleeding from the gastrointestinal tract.</p></abstract>

The case of a 76-year-old patient, with a history of melanoma, admitted to the department of gastroenterology with symptoms of hypovolemic shock, caused by massive gastrointestinal bleeding. Clot-covered melanoma metastases were detected in both gastroduodenoscopy and colonoscopy. Gastrointestinal melanoma metastases are found in the majority of patients with advanced melanoma during autopsy; however, they are rarely detected in intravital studies and can be misdiagnosed as other benign lesions in endoscopy. In cases of patients with history of melanoma, metastases should be considered as the cause of non-specific abdominal symptoms, anemia, or bleeding from the gastrointestinal tract.

Rare cause of massive gastrointestinal bleeding. A case of metastatic melanoma

Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin

Department of Diagnostic Imaging and Interventional Radiology

Pomeranian Journal of Life Sciences

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

{"article-title":"Rare cause of massive gastrointestinal bleeding. A case of metastatic melanoma"}

The case of a 76-year-old patient, with a history of melanoma, admitted to the department of gastroenterology with symptoms of hypovolemic shock, caused by...

Rare cause of massive gastrointestinal bleeding. A case of metastatic melanoma

Published Online: Jun 28, 2019

Page range: 20 - 22

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21164/pomjlifesci.567

Keywords
melanoma, gastrointestinal hemorrhage, gastrointestinal metastases

© 2020 Krzysztof Dąbkowski et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Rare cause of massive gastrointestinal bleeding. A case of metastatic melanoma

Published Online: Jun 28, 2019

Page range: 20 - 22

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21164/pomjlifesci.567

Keywordsmelanoma, gastrointestinal hemorrhage, gastrointestinal metastases

© 2020 Krzysztof Dąbkowski et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
melanoma, gastrointestinal hemorrhage, gastrointestinal metastases