Metastatic Melanoma in the Small Bowel

1 May 1969

journal article
Published by Wiley in Anz Journal of Surgery

Vol. 38 (4) , 309-315
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1445-2197.1972.tb05644.x

Abstract

An account is presented of seven cases of metastatic melanoma in the small bowel, of which five were treated by resection and two were found at necropsy. The reputed rare incidence of this condition is challenged, the clinical features discussed and the literature on the subject reviewed. Its incidence is also presented in relation to all small bowel neoplasms occurring during the period under review.

Keywords

METASTATIC MELANOMA
SMALL BOWEL
CLINICAL FEATURES
RARE INCIDENCE
FEATURES DISCUSSED
BOWEL NEOPLASMS
SUBJECT REVIEWED
REPUTED RARE

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Anz Journal of Surgery, 1969
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