Figueira-Coelho João, Lourenço Sofia, Costa Michele, Mendonça Paula, Murinello António, Neta Jorge
Hospital de Curry Cabral - Department of Internal Medicine - Rua da Beneficência nº 8 1069-166 Lisboa, Portugal.
Cases J. 2009 Feb 18;2:6237. doi: 10.4076/1757-1626-2-6237.
Small bowel tumors are rare, accounting for only 3-6% of gastrointestinal neoplasms, 1-2% of these being malignant. They must be considered whenever a patient presents with gastrointestinal bleeding, with normal upper gastrointestinal endoscopy and colonoscopy.
We report a case of jejunal adenocarcinoma presenting as a blood loss anemia in a 65 year-old male, doing a brief review on the subject.
Our case intends to highlight the fact that small bowel tumours are rare and frequently present to the Internist as non-specific clinical symptoms.
小肠肿瘤较为罕见,仅占胃肠道肿瘤的3%-6%,其中1%-2%为恶性。每当患者出现胃肠道出血且上消化道内镜检查和结肠镜检查结果正常时,就必须考虑小肠肿瘤。
我们报告一例65岁男性空肠腺癌表现为失血性贫血的病例,并对该主题进行简要回顾。
我们的病例旨在强调小肠肿瘤罕见且常以内科医生难以明确的临床症状出现这一事实。