Enteroscopy in the diagnosis of melanoma metastases
| Autor: | Antonio José Ruiz-Rodríguez, Francisco Javier Casado Caballero, Alicia Martín Lagos Maldonado, María Del Mar Díaz Alcázar |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
| Předmět: |
Male
Enteroscopy Abdominal pain medicine.medical_specialty Metastatic melanoma Epigastric pain Endoscopy Gastrointestinal medicine Humans Melanoma business.industry Gastroenterology General Medicine Middle Aged medicine.disease Abdominal Pain Male patient Laparoscopy Radiology medicine.symptom Presentation (obstetrics) Abdominal computed tomography Tomography X-Ray Computed business |
| Zdroj: | Revista Española de Enfermedades Digestivas. 112 |
| ISSN: | 1130-0108 |
| Popis: | We present abdominal computed tomography and enteroscopy images of a 48-year-old male patient with a previous melanoma who presented with epigastric pain. The pain was not controlled with medical management. Abdominal computed tomography and a histological study of biopsies form enteroscopy confirmed the diagnosis of metastatic melanoma. The gastrointestinal involvement of melanoma is usually metastatic. Symptomatic gastrointestinal involvement occurs in less than 5% of melanomas, although postmortem analyses have reported up to 70%. The clinical presentation is variable and usually presents as abdominal pain. The diagnosis of small intestinal involvement of melanoma is a challenge due to its poor accessibility. The enteroscopy has a fundamental role as it allows a direct visualization and biopsies to be taken for histological study. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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