RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Perforation of an adenocarcinoma of the small bowel affected by regional enteritis.
JF Gut
JO Gut
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Society of Gastroenterology
SP 1093
OP 1096
DO 10.1136/gut.21.12.1093
VO 21
IS 12
A1 J Heathcote
A1 C M Knauer
A1 D Oakes
A1 R W Archibald
YR 1980
UL http://gut.bmj.com/content/21/12/1093.abstract
AB This report is of a patient with long-term small bowel regional enteritis who presented with a perforation of an adenocarcinoma involving a diseased portion of ileum. Adenocarcinoma of the small bowel is rare. The incidence of small bowel adenocarcinoma may be higher in patients with regional enteritis, but a definite relationship cannot be established on the basis of data presently available. Small bowel adenocarcinoma in regional enteritis usually presents with obstructive symptoms.