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Highlights • Patients with small bowel adenocarcinoma tend to present with non-specific symptoms.• The median time between onset of symptoms and diagnosis is 2–8 months.• Disease is often advanced by… Click to show full abstract
Highlights • Patients with small bowel adenocarcinoma tend to present with non-specific symptoms.• The median time between onset of symptoms and diagnosis is 2–8 months.• Disease is often advanced by the time of diagnosis (stage IV 32%).• Tumour markers are not useful in the diagnosis of small bowel adenocarcinomas.
Keywords:
small bowel;
bowel adenocarcinoma;
elusive small;
case;
adenocarcinoma terminal
Journal Title: International Journal of Surgery Case Reports
Year Published: 2018
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Journal Title: International Journal of Surgery Case Reports
Year Published: 2018
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