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World J Gastroenterol. Jan 14, 2007; 13(2): 310-312
Published online Jan 14, 2007. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i2.310
Published online Jan 14, 2007. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i2.310
Jejuno-jejunal invagination due to intestinal melanoma
Giuseppe Resta, Gabriele Anania, Federico Messina, Damiano de Tullio, Gloria Ferrocci, Federico Zanzi, Davide Pellegrini, Rocco Stano, Giorgio Cavallesco, Gianfranco Azzena, Savino Occhionorelli, Università degli Studi di Ferrara, Dipartimento di Scienze Chirurgiche Anestesiologiche e Radiologiche, Istituto di Clinica Chirurgica, Arcispedale “S. Anna”, Ferrara, Italy
Author contributions: All authors contributed equally to the work.
Correspondence to: Dr. Federico Messina, Università degli Studi di Ferrara, Dipartimento di Scienze Chirurgiche Anestesiologiche e Radiologiche, Istituto di Clinica Chirurgica. Arcispedale “S. Anna”, Corso Giovecca, Ferrara 203-44100, Italy. f.messina@email.it
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Received: October 22, 2006
Revised: November 6, 2006
Accepted: December 7, 2006
Published online: January 14, 2007
Revised: November 6, 2006
Accepted: December 7, 2006
Published online: January 14, 2007
Abstract
Cutaneous melanoma is one of the most studied neoplastic lesions in biology and clinical oncology. It has been well documented that this type of neoplasm presents a high metastatic rate, and is able to involve nearly every tissue. Non-cutaneous melanoma represents an unusual pattern of melanoma, and the small intestine is an uncommon anatomic localization. Herein we report an extremely rare clinical case of a young woman affected by a bleeding jejunal melanoma, whose early clinical presentation was an intestinal invagination.