Small bowel intussusception due to melanoma metastases

Case contributed by Michael P Hartung
Diagnosis almost certain

Presentation

Abdominal pain.

Patient Data

Age: 55 years
Gender: Male

Treatment related changes in the right chest are partially imaged. Mild distal esophageal thickening. Relatively long-segment proximal small bowel - small bowel intussusception with upstream dilation of the bowel and stomach. Ill-defined lead point with mass-like thickening. Adjacent abnormal mesenteric lymph nodes. Changes related to distal small bowel resect

Case Discussion

Small bowel - small bowel intussusception due to melanoma metastasis, in this patient with a history of small bowel resection due to metastatic lesion. The thickening toward the lead point, adjacent enlarged lymph nodes, and supporting history help to increase diagnosis that this is not a transient finding (which would also typically be a lot shorter).

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