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Small Bowel Adenocarcinoma Mimicking a Crohn’s Attack

Small bowel adenocarcinoma (SBA) is a rare disease and presents with intermittent abdominal pain, weight loss, nausea, vomiting, and gastrointestinal bleeding. In cases with delayed diagnosis, intestinal obstruction or bowel perforation can also be observed. In our case, the patient presented with i...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Yavuz, Arda, Ay, Gülnihal, Akan, Kübra, Ulaşoğlu, Celal, Tuncer, İlyas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8289395/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34290926
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.15743
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Sumario:Small bowel adenocarcinoma (SBA) is a rare disease and presents with intermittent abdominal pain, weight loss, nausea, vomiting, and gastrointestinal bleeding. In cases with delayed diagnosis, intestinal obstruction or bowel perforation can also be observed. In our case, the patient presented with ileus after an operation that was diagnosed with SBA. After six cycles of chemotherapy, the patient went into complete remission.