Small bowel carcinoma in young patient detected by double-balloon enteroscopy

Korean J Gastroenterol. 2011 Oct 25;58(4):217-20. doi: 10.4166/kjg.2011.58.4.217.

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adenocarcinoma / diagnosis*
  • Adenocarcinoma / pathology
  • Adenocarcinoma / surgery
  • Adolescent
  • Double-Balloon Enteroscopy
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Jejunal Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Jejunal Neoplasms / pathology
  • Jejunal Neoplasms / surgery
  • Positron-Emission Tomography
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed