Bleeding from primary and metastatic melanomas of the small bowel: a systematic study on the epidemiology and enteroscopic appearance
R Schwarzer, E Dulic-Lakovic, W Dolak, T Pachofszky, C Datz, D Hubner, H Schwaighofer, H Fuchssteiner, G Gahbauer, A Püspök, T Pulgram, P Knoflach, W Vogel, A Maieron, M Gschwantler · Zeitschrift für Gastroenterologie · 2013 · Heft 05
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Introduction: Melanomas are rare tumours of the small bowel. To our best knowledge this is the first systematic study on the epidemiology and enteroscopic appearance of this entity. Patients and Methods: Eight Austrian centres, at which double-balloon enteroscopy (DBE; n = 5) or single-balloon enteroscopy (SBE; n = 3) had been established, participated in this study. All patients who underwent DBE or SBE because of a suspicion of mid-gastrointestinal bleeding between December 2004 and April 2012 were included in this analysis. Primary and metastatic melanomas of the small bowel were differentiated according to t…
