[A primary malignant melanoma of the small intestine]

Gan No Rinsho. 1990 Jul;36(8):955-8.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

In October 14, 1982, a 30-year-old male was admitted to the hospital because of a left flank pain and melena. On undergoing testing, an upper gastrointestinal series revealed barium retention in the small bowel, in which an abdomen X-p showed an abnormal gas shadow. Endoscopic examinations revealed depressive lesions, and the histological diagnosis was malignant neoplasm with a duodenal wall infiltration. A superior mesentric arteriogram showed the dilatation of the media colic artery and neovascular lesions. Thus a leiomyosarcoma of the small intestine was suspected, and the patient underwent surgery on November 15. The tumor was sack-like and looked black; histologically it was diagnosed as a small intestine, because the primary origin was only detected in the small intestine. Four months after the operation, the tumor recurred and the patient died in June, 1983.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Duodenal Neoplasms* / diagnosis
  • Duodenal Neoplasms* / pathology
  • Duodenal Neoplasms* / surgery
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Melanoma* / diagnosis
  • Melanoma* / pathology
  • Melanoma* / surgery