Adenocarcinoma of the duodenum in a patient with nontropical sprue.
Celiac sprue is associated with an increased risk of malignant lymphoid tumors. A patient is presented with celiac disease and adenocarcinoma of the duodenum; this association suggests that a careful search for complicating malignant tumors be undertaken in those patients with sprue whose clinical course has changed or deteriorated.
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D000368:Aged; D002446:Celiac Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D004379:Duodenal Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000473:pathology