
What Does My CT Scan Test Report Indicate?

gastrointestinal bleeding
Detailed Answer:
Hello and thank you for your question.
I am so sorry for your loss.
From your description it sounds like she had some gastrointestinal bleeding. This may or may not have been related to the melanoma. Sometimes people develop ulcers or other problems in their stomach or intestines. This can lead to anemia if it is a slow chronic bleeding. Sometimes, for example, if there is an ulcer in the stomach that is causing slow bleeding, that ulcer can penetrate into a blood vessel causing a serious rapid bleed that can result in death. Dark brown or black fluid can indicate that there has been bleeding into the stomach or intestines that has been sitting there for a while, and is partially digested by enzymes in the stomach. That could be why it was dark colored and not bright red.
I hope this is helpful to you.
Again I am sorry for your loss.
Dr. Robinson


doubt that the constipation is related
Detailed Answer:
Hello and thank you for your follow up.
I doubt that the constipation is related.
Many medications can have bleeding as a side effect. Even commonly used over the counter medications like advil can cause ulcers and bleeding. Hemorrhage is a known complication of Mekinist (a frequent treatment for melanoma) so if she was taking advil with this then it would increase her risk for bleeding complications.
Regards,
Dr. Robinson

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