title: [A case of small intestinal signet ring cell carcinoma in Crohn's disease].
abstract: Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis are well known risk factors of intestinal cancer in relation to the extent and duration of disease. Rarely, small bowel cancer can develop after a longstanding inflammation of Crohn's disease with a relatively higher incidence than the general population. Signet ring cell carcinoma is a rare condition among intestinal cancers, and the diagnosis or detection is more difficult if the cancer originates from the small bowel. We report a case of a 30-year old female in whom signet ring cell carcinoma of ileum was diagnosed after a 15-year history of Crohn's disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Joon Sung
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Dae Young
authors.initials: DY
authors.lastname: Cheung
authors.forename: Soo-Heon
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Hye Kang
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Il Ho
authors.initials: IH
authors.lastname: Maeng
authors.forename: Su Yoen
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Jin Il
authors.initials: JI
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Jae Kwang
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D018279:Carcinoma, Signet Ring Cell / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D003113:Colonoscopy; D003424:Crohn Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007078:Ileal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed