Small bowel adenocarcinoma mimicking tubercular stricture. Role of enteroscopy in early diagnosis.
We report a patient with high jejunal stricture initially thought to be tubercular in origin. There was, however, no response to antitubercular treatment and enteroscopic biopsy revealed it to be an adenocarcinoma. This case illustrates the role of enteroscopy and biopsy in the definitive diagnosis of high small bowel strictures.
Sood
G K
GK
Department of Gastroenterology, GB Pant Hospital, New Delhi.
Chaudhary
A
A
Kumar
N
N
Jain
S K
SK
Broor
S L
SL
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic / Q000175:diagnosis; D016099:Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007579:Jejunal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D007580:Jejunal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014385:Tuberculosis, Gastrointestinal / Q000175:diagnosis*