Surgery for gastrointestinal malignant melanoma: Experience from surgical training center

Table 1 Characteristic of patients with MM of the GI tract

	Curative group	Palliative group	All
n	7	6	13
Median age (range) (yr)	66 (32-87)	57 (42-78)	66 (32-87)
Gender (M/F)	2/5	1/5	3/10
Presenting symptoms n (%)
Abdominal pain	1	4	5 (38.5)
Intra-abdominal mass	4	0	4 (30.8)
Obstructive jaundice	0	1	2 (15.4)
Small bowel obstruction	0	1	1 (7.7)
Bowel habit change	1	0	1 (7.7)
Tenesmus	1	0	1 (7.7)
Investigation n (%)
Abdominal CT	5	3	8 (61.5)
Endoscopy	1	1	2 (15.1)
Upper GI study	0	1	1 (7.7)
Barium enema	1	0	1 (7.7)
Origin of GI MM n (%)
Primary	7	0	7 (53.8)
Secondary	0	3	3 (23.1)
Unknown primary	0	3	3 (23.1)
Site of the tumor n (%)
Anorectal	5	2	7 (53.8)
Stomach	1	2	3 (23.1)
Jejunum	0	1	1 (7.7)
Pancreas	0	1	1 (7.7)
Sigmoid colon	1	0	1 (7.7)
Survival times (mo)
Mean	29.7	4.8	17
Range	10-96	4-12	4-96

MM: Malignant melanoma; GI: Gastrointestinal; CT: Computed tomography.