PRIMARY SMALL BOWEL MELANOMA: RX, CT AND COLOR –DOPPLER US FINDINGS

Purpose: We present a rare case of primary melanoma originating in the small bowel mucosa and report the imaging findings at CT, Rx, color-doppler US and open surgery. Methods and Materials: Case report: Female, 49 years old, admitted at our Institution because of asthenia, epigastric pain, chronic anaemia and loss of weight. At clinical examination, heart, chest and abdomen were normal. All tumor markers were negative. Gastroscopy showed normal esophagus, stomach and duodenum. Abdominal Color-Doppler-Ultrasound (CD-US) showed a hypervascular, hypoechoic mass (diameter: 7×6 x 5cm) in the left upper abdominal qua…