'Metachronous' adenocarcinoma of the small intestine.
Adenocarcinoma of the small intestine accounts for less than 1% of primary gastrointestinal malignancies (1). Small intestine contains 75% of the length of the gastrointestinal tract with 90% of the surface mucosal area, and yet carcinoma is rare. Symptoms of small bowel adenocarcinoma are vague and non-specific, and this region is relatively inaccessible which together contributes to their late diagnosis and poor prognosis. The authors report a case of two primary adenocarcinomas of the small intestine in the same patient.
Varghese
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Department of General Surgery, Fremantle Hospital, Fremantle, Western Australia 6160, Australia. vargheseraphael@hotmail.com
Weedon
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D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000556:secondary; D000368:Aged; D018798:Anemia, Iron-Deficiency / Q000209:etiology; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007580:Jejunal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D016609:Neoplasms, Second Primary / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed