Metastasis of Melanoma Malignum in Distal Ileum like Rare Causation of Ileocoecal Invagination – Case Report
Authors:
P. Kupka 1; F. Bělina 1; P. Chmátal 1; P. Hrabal 2
Authors‘ workplace:
Chirurgická klinika 2. LF UK a ÚVN Praha, přednosta: prof. MUDr. Miroslav Ryska, CSc.
1; Oddělení patologie ÚVN Praha, primář: MUDr. Petr Hrabal
2
Published in:
Rozhl. Chir., 2009, roč. 88, č. 1, s. 4-6.
Category:
Monothematic special - Original
Overview
Authors are presenting the case of a patient, whom developed acute ileocoecal invagination, as a result of the stem tumor of distal ileum. The patient underwent ileocoecal resection with the primary anastomosis end to end. Another clinical and histopatological examinations showed and established diagnosis of metastasis of melanoma malignum in distal ileum with metastasis to liver. This was the first patient’s clinical manifestation of the tumor.
Key words:
metastasis of melanoma malignum – distal ileum – ileocoecal resection – ileocoecal invagination
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