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Primary Small‐Bowel Melanoma
Author(s) -
Tarantino Luciano,
Nocera Vincenzo,
Perrotta Michele,
Balsamo Giuseppe,
Schiano Antonio,
Orabona Pasquale,
Sordelli Ignazio Francesco Maria,
Ripa Carmine,
Parmeggiani Domenico,
Sperlongano Pasquale
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
journal of ultrasound in medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.574
H-Index - 91
eISSN - 1550-9613
pISSN - 0278-4297
DOI - 10.7863/jum.2007.26.1.121
Subject(s) - medicine , interventional radiology , ultrasound , radiology
Malignant melanoma appears in typical sites where melanocytes can usually be found (skin, eyes, meninges, and anal region ).' In the gastrointestinal (GI) tract, melanoma can be also found in the rectum and sigmoid colon by the local migration of primordial skin melanocytes. 2 Some other rare sites of primary melanomas in the GI tract were described as the gallbladder, stomach, small and large intestine, mouth, tongue, and esophagus. 2-8 Generally, most GI melanomas are metastases from a skin tumor. 9,10 We report the case of a patient with a first presentation of small-bowel melanoma, which was considered a primary site because of the absence of concurrent lesions and no history of removed of a melanocytic lesion from the skin or other organs.