Occlusive Intestinal Invagination as First Presentation of Melanoma
Journal Title: Clinical Medical Image Library - Year 2016, Vol 2, Issue 7
Abstract
Intestinal metastasis are a common finding in patients affected with melanoma; only exceptionally they can cause enteric intussusceptions and present clinically as bowel obstruction.
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