title: Small bowel adenocarcinoma complicating Crohn's disease.
abstract: Crohn's disease of the small intestine is usually managed by medical therapy with surgery being reserved for obstruction or fistula formation. A patient is described who developed small bowel obstruction due to an adenocarcinoma of the ileum after over twenty years of medical therapy for Crohn's disease, originally diagnosed at a laparotomy for acute abdominal pain. The possibility of malignancy in such long-standing disease should be considered.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Victoria Infirmary, Glasgow.
authors.forename: H E
authors.initials: HE
authors.lastname: Ellamushi
authors.forename: I S
authors.initials: IS
authors.lastname: Smith
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology*; D000328:Adult; D003424:Crohn Disease / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007078:Ileal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology*; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male