title: A case of ileus due to radiation enteritis 19 years after radiotherapy.
abstract: A 73-year-old female visited our hospital complaining of nausea and epigastric pain because of ileus. She had a history of two laparotomy procedures in her youth, interferon treatment for chronic hepatitis C, and radiation therapy for uterine cervical cancer 19 years ago. Transanal double-balloon enteroscopy demonstrated annular stenosis with ulceration of the anal side of the dilated small intestine. Therefore, surgical resection was performed, and late radiation enteritis was diagnosed on histopathological examination. We report a case of ileus due to radiation enteritis 19 years after radiotherapy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology, National Hospital Organization Kure Medical Center and Chugoku Cancer Center.
authors.forename: Tomoyo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Okumoto
authors.forename: Toshio
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kuwai
authors.forename: Toshiki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamaguchi
authors.forename: Sumio
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Iio
authors.forename: Hiroki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Imagawa
authors.forename: Atsushi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yamaguchi
authors.forename: Hirotaka
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kouno
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kohno
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D058582:Double-Balloon Enteroscopy; D004751:Enteritis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D045823:Ileus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D011878:Radiotherapy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D013997:Time Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed