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Different Presentation and Appearance of Small-Bowel Metastasis of Malignant Melanoma: Two Cases and Review of the Literature
1Department of Gastroenterology, Istanbul University, Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul, Türkiye
Journal of Enterocolitis 2022; 1(2): 45-47 DOI: 10.5152/Jenterocolitis.2022.220304
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Abstract

Melanoma is a malignant tumor that arises from melanocytes that are usually located in the skin, retina, meninges, and the anus. Melanoma of the gastrointestinal tract represents 1%-3% of the gastrointestinal system, which is most likely a metastasis of a skin, ocular, or anal primary lesion. It is a common malignancy whose prevalence is increasing. Most of the time, the metastatic lesion was diagnosed during post-mortem, but fewer than 9% of melanoma patients are diagnosed with gastrointestinal involvement while living. Small intestinal melanoma metastasis is not easily diagnosed. In this study, we reported 2 cases of intestinal-associated malignant melanoma that was diagnosed via capsule endoscopy and double-balloon enteroscopy.