Open AccessEndoscopic reduction of colocolonic intussusception due to metastatic malignant melanoma: A case report
Author(s) -
Kengo Kasuga,
Taku Sakamoto,
Hiroyuki Takamaru,
Masau Sekiguchi,
Masayoshi Yamada,
Naoya Yamazaki,
Taiki Hashimoto,
Toshio Uraoka,
Yutaka Saito
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
world journal of clinical cases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.368
H-Index - 10
ISSN - 2307-8960
DOI - 10.12998/wjcc.v8.i22.5816
Subject(s) - medicine , intussusception (medical disorder) , melanoma , reduction (mathematics) , metastatic melanoma , radiology , surgery , dermatology , general surgery , cancer research , geometry , mathematics
Intussusception rarely causes intestinal obstruction in adults. Metastatic malignant melanoma is the main cause of intussusception of the small intestine among adults. However, malignant melanoma rarely causes intussusception of the colorectum. Moreover, emergent surgery is usually performed for such cases. Here, we report a case of a patient with colocolonic intussusception caused by a malignant melanoma, for which endoscopic reduction and elective surgery were performed.