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Blood loss anemia due to adenocarcinoma of the jejunum: case report and review of the literature

BACKGROUND: Small bowel tumors are rare, accounting for only 3-6% of gastrointestinal neoplasms, 1-2% of these being malignant. They must be considered whenever a patient presents with gastrointestinal bleeding, with normal upper gastrointestinal endoscopy and colonoscopy. CASE PRESENTATION: We repo...

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Autores principales: Figueira-Coelho, João, Lourenço, Sofia, Costa, Michele, Mendonça, Paula, Murinello, António, Neta, Jorge
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cases Network Ltd 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2769274/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19918564
http://dx.doi.org/10.4076/1757-1626-2-6237