Small Bowel Carcinoma in Young Patient Detected by Double-balloon Enteroscopy.
10.4166/kjg.2011.58.4.217
- Author:
Yoon Ji CHOI
1
;
Sung Woo JUNG
;
Jun Won UM
;
Eung Seok LEE
;
Ja Seol KOO
;
Hyung Joon YIM
;
Sang Woo LEE
;
Jai Hyun CHOI
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. sungwoojung@korea.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Reports
- Keywords:
Jejunal neoplasm;
Hereditary nonpolyposis colon cancer;
Double-balloon enteroscopy
- MeSH:
Adenocarcinoma/*diagnosis/pathology/surgery;
Adolescent;
Double-Balloon Enteroscopy;
Female;
Humans;
Jejunal Neoplasms/*diagnosis/pathology/surgery;
Positron-Emission Tomography;
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
- From:The Korean Journal of Gastroenterology
2011;58(4):217-220
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
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.
