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• TITLE: Primary Small Bowel Melanoma or Small Bowel Metastasis with Vanishing Primary Cutaneous Lesion

  AUTHORS: Dana Criṣan, Andreea Ardelean, Mihaela Coman, Laurenţiu Stoicescu, Ioana Rusu, Nadim Al Hajjar, Tudor Pop, Sorin Criṣan, Constantin Bodolea, Lucreţia Avram

  KEYWORDS: Melanoma, Small Bowel, Cerebral Metastasis

  JOURNAL NAME: Case Reports in Clinical Medicine, Vol.11 No.3, March 15, 2022

  ABSTRACT: The small bowel represents one of the main sites for cutaneous melanoma metastasis; however, numerous cases of primary intestinal melanoma have recently been described. In view of this, we present the case of a 39-year-old woman admitted for nausea, heartburn, abdominal pain, change in bowel habits and weight loss. Contrast-enhanced CT revealed a small bowel mass. Surgical resection of a 6 cm ileal tumour with regional mesenteric lymphadenectomy and end-to-end anastomosis was performed. Histopathological findings indicated the presence of an ileal melanoma metastasis. Subsequent dermatological examination identified a cutaneous lesion on the right forearm, however no malignant cells were found at the histopathological exam. Whole body PET CT with FDG identified multiple frontal and parietal lesions. Genetic testing was positive for BRAF gene V600 E mutation. The patient underwent multiple neurosurgical procedures for the resection of cerebral metastases. Palliative external radiation and chemotherapy was also attempted. After approximately 2 years after the diagnosis, the patient died following multiple episodes of intracranial hypertension.