A rare cause of intestinal obstruction: ileal squamous cell carcinoma - a case report

Introduction: Small bowel obstruction caused by metastatic lesion from other primary cancer is a rare event. The most common types of tumor metastasizing to the small bowel are malignant melanoma, carcinoma from lung, breast, and ovary, and choriocarcinoma Idelevich have been reported. Interestingly, the most common primary cancer in these cases was lobular breast carcinoma (47%), followed by lung cancer (11%) and malignant melanoma (8%), does it selectively affect the small bowel in the form of an isolated metastatic stricture. We are reporting such a case of terminal ileum obstruction due to metastatic deposit of invasive