Abstract

PRADO FILHO, Orlando Ribeiro; LIMA, Thayse Gonçalves de  and  MONTEIRO, Orlando Gonçalves. Lower gastrointestinal bleeding due to metastatic malignant melanoma. Rev. Col. Bras. Cir. [online]. 2001, vol.28, n.5, pp. 389-390. ISSN 0100-6991.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0100-69912001000500014.

A case of lower gastrointestinal bleeding due to metastatic malignant melanoma in a man, in which the final diagnosis was made only on surgery, is reported. The patient underwent a segmentary enterectomy with primary anastomosis and he was discharged on tenth postoperative day.

Keywords : Gastrointestinal bleeding; Melanoma; Metastasis.