title: Small bowel adenocarcinoma in a patient with Coeliac disease: A case report.
abstract: Coeliac disease is a chronic inflammatory disease of the gut with increased risk of gastrointestinal malignancy. Although enteropathy T-lymphoma is the most common neoplasm in patient affected by coeliac disease, an increased frequency of small bowel carcinoma has been described. We present a case of jejunal carcinoma in a patient suffering for coeliac disease in which gastrointestinal and extraintestinal symptoms of disease developed although he was treated with a gluten-free diet.
authors.affiliation: Nutritional Team, "S, Eugenio" Hospital of Rome, Rome, Italy. mauro.lombardo@uniroma2.it.
authors.forename: Mauro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lombardo
authors.forename: Gian Marco
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Giorgetti
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