[A case of small intestinal signet ring cell carcinoma in Crohn's disease].
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.
Kim
Joon Sung
JS
Department of Internal Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Cheung
Dae Young
DY
Park
Soo-Heon
SH
Kim
Hye Kang
HK
Maeng
Il Ho
IH
Kim
Su Yoen
SY
Kim
Jin Il
JI
Kim
Jae Kwang
JK
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