Abstract
We report a case of metastatic malignant melanoma to the small intestine presented with intussusception. A 76-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital because of abdoninal pain and vomiting on December 19, 1999. The patient had been diagnosed as having malignant melanoma of the scalp in 1987, and experienced subcutaneous metastasis of the whole body in 1998 and brain metastasis in 1999. Abdominal CT scan revealed target sign which is typical finding of the intussusception. She underwent an emargency operation and the intussusceped jejunum was resected. The resected matarial disclosed three polypoid lesions. Histological study indicated malignant melanoma (amelanotic type). Nine months after the operation, she died of brain metastasis. Our case is 18th reported case in our country.
