Small bowel adenocarcinoma complicating Crohn's disease.
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.
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Department of Surgery, Victoria Infirmary, Glasgow.
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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