title: Duodenal adenocarcinoma in a 10-year-old boy.
abstract: Gastrointestinal malignancies are extremely rare in the paediatric population and duodenal cancers represent an even more unusual entity. It represents 0.3-1% of all gastrointestinal tumours. A case report of a 10-year-old boy with duodenal adenocarcinoma is reported and the difficulties of diagnosing and treating this rare tumour are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, Habib Thameur Hospital, Tunis, Tunisia.
authors.forename: Zouari
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Mohamed
authors.forename: Bouthour
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Habib
authors.forename: Ben Abdallah
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Rabia
authors.forename: Hlel
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Youssef
authors.forename: Ben Malek
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Riath
authors.forename: Gharbi
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Youssef
authors.forename: Kaabar
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nejib
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004379:Duodenal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D004386:Duodenum / Q000601:surgery; D016145:Endoscopy, Digestive System; D015391:Gastroplasty; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D011860:Radiography, Abdominal; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014628:Vagotomy