%0 Journal Article
%A Díaz Alcázar, María Del Mar
%A Ruiz-Rodríguez, Antonio José
%A Casado Caballero, Francisco Javier
%A Martín-Lagos Maldonado, Alicia
%T Enteroscopy in the diagnosis of melanoma metastases.
%D 2020
%@ 1130-0108
%U http://hdl.handle.net/10668/15102
%X We present abdominal computed tomography and enteroscopy images of a 48-year-old male patient with a previous melanoma who presented with epigastric pain. The pain was not controlled with medical management. Abdominal computed tomography and a histological study of biopsies form enteroscopy confirmed the diagnosis of metastatic melanoma. The gastrointestinal involvement of melanoma is usually metastatic. Symptomatic gastrointestinal involvement occurs in less than 5% of melanomas, although postmortem analyses have reported up to 70%. The clinical presentation is variable and usually presents as abdominal pain. The diagnosis of small intestinal involvement of melanoma is a challenge due to its poor accessibility. The enteroscopy has a fundamental role as it allows a direct visualization and biopsies to be taken for histological study.
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