Korean J Gastrointest Endosc.  1996 Jun;16(3):505-509.

A Case of Primary Jejunal Adenocarcinoma

• Kang YJ
• Park HU
• Ok JH
• Yun TD
• Suh DD
• Kim MK
• Lee JY

Abstract

The occurrence of the small intestinal adenocarcinoma is infrequent and the primary adenocarcinoma of the jejunum is rare. The survival of adenocarcinoma of the small bowel does not improve over the past three decades. Although symptoms appeared to be of long duration, most patients were diagnosed with advanced disease. All reports agree that these tumors are difficult to achieve good examination of the small bowel by both clinician and radiologist, so it cause a significant delay in diagnosis. The survival of these tumors appear to correlate with stage at presentation, and therefore early and aggressive diagnostic intervention seems to improve the outlook. We report a case of primary jejunal adenocarcinoma assoeiated with iron deficiency anemia with literatures review.

Keyword

Primary jejunal adenocarcinoma; iron deficiency anemia

MeSH Terms

Adenocarcinoma*
Anemia, Iron-Deficiency
Diagnosis
Humans
Jejunum