Open AccessMalignant Melanoma of Small Bowel: A Rare Case
Author(s) -
Kamal Bandhate,
Ashok Kumar Diwan,
Subeera Khan
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
asian journal of medical research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2347-3398
pISSN - 2277-7253
DOI - 10.47009/ajmr.2020.9.1.ro1
Subject(s) - melanoma , medicine , gastrointestinal tract , incidence (geometry) , metastasis , gastroenterology , rare disease , dermatology , pathology , disease , cancer , cancer research , physics , optics
Melanomas affecting the small bowel are usually metastasis from primary cutaneous lesions. A primary melanoma of the gastrointestinal tract is very rare with reported incidence of just 3%. We present a case of small bowel melanoma with liver metastases. Primary malignant melanoma of the small intestine is quite rare with only a few cases reported in literature. Like its cutaneous counterpart, intestinal melanomas too remains an aggressive disease with a poor prognosis. The overall survival of malignant melanoma affecting the GI tract is 4 to 6 months with a survival rate of less than 10% at 5 years.