title: Small bowel carcinoma in young patient detected by double-balloon enteroscopy.
abstract: A 17-year old female presented with a chief complaint of melena and epigastric pain. She had a family history of colon cancer, her mother having been diagnosed with hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal carcinoma (HNPCC). After close examination including double-balloon enteroscopy, the patient was diagnosed with small bowel carcinoma, in spite of her young age. Here we report this rare case of small bowel carcinoma in a young patient with a family history of HNPCC.
authors: Departments of Internal Medicine, Surgery and Pathology, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors: Yoon Ji
authors: YJ
authors: Choi
authors: Sung Woo
authors: SW
authors: Jung
authors: Jun Won
authors: JW
authors: Um
authors: Eung Seok
authors: ES
authors: Lee
authors: Ja Seol
authors: JS
authors: Koo
authors: Hyung Joon
authors: HJ
authors: Yim
authors: Sang Woo
authors: SW
authors: Lee
authors: Jai Hyun
authors: JH
authors: Choi
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D000293:Adolescent; D058582:Double-Balloon Enteroscopy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007580:Jejunal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed