A patient with adenocarcinoma of the jejunum successfully diagnosed by preoperative endoscopy for the small intestine.
In this study, the authors report the case of a 35-year-old man diagnosed preoperatively as having adenocarcinoma of the jejunum using a conventional endoscopy, usually used for the examination of the large intestine.
Sakai
Yuji
Y
Department of Medicine and Clinical Oncology (K1), Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Inohana 1-8-1, Chuou-ku, Chiba City 260-8670, Japan. sakai4754@yahoo.co.jp
Tsuyuguchi
Toshio
T
Ohara
Tadashi
T
Yukisawa
Seigo
S
Tsuchiya
Shin
S
Sugiyama
Harutoshi
H
Miyakhawa
Kaoru
K
Ohbu
Masamichi
M
Kato
Kazuki
K
Kimura
Michio
M
Kaiho
Takashi
T
Takeuchi
Osamu
O
Matsuzaki
Osamu
O
Miyazaki
Masaru
M
Yokosuka
Osamu
O
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D000328:Adult; D004724:Endoscopy; D006801:Humans; D045823:Ileus / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D007421:Intestine, Small; D007580:Jejunal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male