Primary Malignant Melanoma of the Right Colon

The small and large intestines are the most common sites for metastases from cutaneous malignant melanoma. However, primary melanomas in these sites are exceedingly rare. There are several case reports of patients with primary melanoma of the small bowel, but finding of a solitary primary melanoma in the colon is exceedingly rare. We describe a patient that was operated on for bowel obstruction due to colonic intussusception resulting from a...