title: Primary segmental and multiple adenocarcinomas of the small bowel.
abstract: Small bowel tumors are rare; most are single and located in the duodenum. When a patient presents with unreasonable abdominal pain and distension, with normal upper gastrointestinal endoscopy and colonoscopy, it is important to consider this disease. Here, we report a case of segmental and multiple adenocarcinoma of the small bowl presenting with unreasonable abdominal pain and distension in a 76-year-old woman, and provide a brief review on this subject. Our report highlights the fact that segmental and multiple small bowel tumors are very rare and the clinical characteristics are generally vague and nonspecific.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Shaoxing People's Hospital, PR China. sxrenpeitu@163.com
authors.forename: Pei-Tu
authors.initials: PT
authors.lastname: Ren
authors.forename: Hong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fu
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007414:Intestinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*