Onkologie. 2017:11(1):38-40 | DOI: 10.36290/xon.2017.009

Malignant melanoma metastasis as a cause of gastrointestinal tract obstruction

Hana Palčáková¹, Kamila Somerová Podkalská¹, Bohumil Zálešák¹, Stanislav Kalabus²

1Oddělení plastické a estetické chirurgie, FN Olomouc, 2Chirurgické oddělení nemocnice Přerov

Malignant melanoma is a tumour disease of the skin the incidence of which rises annually. Despite the constantly improving

diagnostic and therapeutic methods, the mortality has failed to decline. Malignant melanoma is very dangerous due to its

capacity to metastasize even after a long time since primary surgical excision. Metastases to the gastrointestinal tract (GIT) are

not an exception and, what is more, are very often clinically silent. The present article describes two cases wherein malignant

melanoma metastasized to the GIT, and pinpoints the fact that these metastases were silent in both the cases and manifested

by a subsequent complication or during follow-up checks. Also highlighted is the importance of prevention and, in particular,

subsequent surveillance by an oncologist in treating malignant melanoma.

Keywords: malignant melanoma, metastasize, gastrointestinal tract, dispensarization

Published: February 1, 2017  Show citation