Adenocarcinoma arising in a cystic duplication of the small bowel: case report and review of literature

Gregor Blank; Alfred Königsrainer; Bence Sipos; Ruth Ladurner

doi:10.1186/1477-7819-10-55

Adenocarcinoma arising in a cystic duplication of the small bowel: case report and review of literature

World J Surg Oncol. 2012 Apr 10:10:55. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-10-55.

Authors

Gregor Blank¹, Alfred Königsrainer, Bence Sipos, Ruth Ladurner

Affiliation

¹ Department of General, Visceral and Transplant Surgery, University of Tübingen, Hoppe-Seyler-Strasse 3, D-72076 Tübingen, Germany. [email protected]

Abstract

Enteric duplications are rare, but can occur anywhere along the digestive tract. Most of the patients become symptomatic in early childhood and only a few cases of adult patients have been reported in literature. Here we report a unique case of an adenocarcinoma arising in a coincidentally found cystic duplication of the small bowel.

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Adenocarcinoma / pathology*
Adenocarcinoma / surgery
Cysts / pathology*
Cysts / surgery
Humans
Ileal Neoplasms / diagnosis
Ileal Neoplasms / pathology*
Ileal Neoplasms / surgery
Intestine, Small / abnormalities
Intestine, Small / pathology*
Intestine, Small / surgery
Jejunal Neoplasms / diagnosis
Jejunal Neoplasms / pathology*
Jejunal Neoplasms / surgery
Male
Middle Aged