[Metastasis to the small intestine of malignant melanoma as a rare cause of intestinal hemorrhage].

This is the case report of a 63 year old female patient, who was admitted to the hospital due to an unexplained anemia. A malignant melanoma of the cheek was excised four years previously (stage II, Clark level V, TNM classification: pT4, pNl, MO), followed by chemotherapy. By x-ray and CT examination an intestinal malignant growth was assumed. Laparotomy revealed a metastasis of the malignant melanoma, situated in the middle of the jejunum as cause of the occult bleeding. Complete resection of the tumor was successfully carried out. A second look laparotomy one year later revealed no further tumor growth in the abdominal cavity.