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Adenocarcinoma of the Small Bowel: A Surgical Dilemma

Malignant tumors of the small intestine are among the rarest types of gastrointestinal cancers. Due to their infrequent occurrence and the multitude of tumor types (viz, adenocarcinomas, carcinoids, sarcomas, and lymphomas), not much is known about their natural history and presentation, and there i...

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Autores principales: Vagholkar, Ketan, Mathew, Tony
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2981845/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19794274
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1319-3767.56105
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description Malignant tumors of the small intestine are among the rarest types of gastrointestinal cancers. Due to their infrequent occurrence and the multitude of tumor types (viz, adenocarcinomas, carcinoids, sarcomas, and lymphomas), not much is known about their natural history and presentation, and there is often delay in the diagnosis. Adenocarcinoma is the commonest histologic type of small bowel cancer. There are no prospective randomized trials that have elucidated the best diagnostic and therapeutic options for this rare condition. In this article, a case of adenocarcinoma of the jejunum presenting as an abdominal lump is presented, along with a review of the literature.
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spelling pubmed-29818452010-12-01 Adenocarcinoma of the Small Bowel: A Surgical Dilemma Vagholkar, Ketan Mathew, Tony Saudi J Gastroenterol Case Report Malignant tumors of the small intestine are among the rarest types of gastrointestinal cancers. Due to their infrequent occurrence and the multitude of tumor types (viz, adenocarcinomas, carcinoids, sarcomas, and lymphomas), not much is known about their natural history and presentation, and there is often delay in the diagnosis. Adenocarcinoma is the commonest histologic type of small bowel cancer. There are no prospective randomized trials that have elucidated the best diagnostic and therapeutic options for this rare condition. In this article, a case of adenocarcinoma of the jejunum presenting as an abdominal lump is presented, along with a review of the literature. Medknow Publications 2009-10 /pmc/articles/PMC2981845/ /pubmed/19794274 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1319-3767.56105 Text en © Saudi Journal of Gastroenterology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Adenocarcinoma of the Small Bowel: A Surgical Dilemma
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title_full Adenocarcinoma of the Small Bowel: A Surgical Dilemma
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title_short Adenocarcinoma of the Small Bowel: A Surgical Dilemma
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2981845/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19794274
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