Jejunal adenocarcinoma presenting as iron deficiency in a young man.
A 30-year-old man presented with iron deficiency anemia and occult blood in his stools. Both upper and lower gastrointestinal tract endoscopy were initially unrevealing. This case illustrates the importance of small bowel follow through/enteroclysis supplemented by endoscopic examination and biopsy for adenocarcinoma of the proximal jejunum.
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Dept of Internal Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Ctr, Lubbock 79430, USA.
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D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D000328:Adult; D018798:Anemia, Iron-Deficiency / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007580:Jejunal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed