Abstract:Intestinal obstruction due to ileocecal intussusception is very rare in adult age. Primary and secondary tumors, inflammatory or proliferative processes of the bowel are the causative factors. Malignant melanoma is a common disease in the western world with high metastatic rates, and is also a common extra-abdominal source of gastrointestinal metastases.We present a 55-year-old woman with the complaints of an abrupt colicky abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting. Her history revealed cutaneous melanoma that was e… Show more
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