[Treatment of colonic melanoma]

The results of treatment of 5 patients with colonic melanoma are presented. Fine-needle biopsy was used for morphological verification diagnosis. It was established that the patients with colonic melanoma are hospitalized in specialized department, as a rule, with nonopertable tumor. In 1 patient explorative laparotomy was done. Conduction of radical operative intervention was impossible because of presence of multiple metastases in liver. In 4 patients conservative treatment was performed. It was not possible to perform radical operation because of the process spreading. The patients life span after conduction of conservative therapy have constituted 14.5 mo at average.