ABSTRACT
It is rare to find a small bowel tumour presenting as intestinal obstruction. This type of cancer is an extremely unusual condition often misdiagnosed until late stages. We report the case of a patient with persistent vomiting secondary to an obstructing jejunal adenocarcinoma not related to intestinal bowel disease. After resection and chemotherapy treatment a huge mass was detected in the left ovary. The anatomopathological findings confirmed a metastatic cancer consequent to the jejunal adenocarcinoma previously resected. This case illustrates a successful outcome of a jejunal adenocarcinoma with very poor prognosis after a extremely unusual ovarian metastasis. It is highly important to suspect other causes than intestinal bowel disease when doing a differential diagnosis in a young patient presenting with clinical symptoms of intestinal obstruction.
Subject(s)
Adenocarcinoma , Duodenal Neoplasms , Intestinal Obstruction , Jejunal Neoplasms , Ovarian Neoplasms , Female , Humans , Adenocarcinoma/surgery , Duodenal Neoplasms/complications , Intestinal Obstruction/etiology , Intestine, Small/pathology , Jejunal Neoplasms/diagnostic imaging , Jejunal Neoplasms/surgery , Ovarian Neoplasms/diagnosis , Ovarian Neoplasms/secondary , Ovarian Neoplasms/surgery , AdultABSTRACT
It is rare to find a small bowel tumour presenting as intestinal obstruction. This type of cancer is an extremely unusual condition often misdiagnosed until late stages. We report the case of a patient with persistent vomiting secondary to an obstructing jejunal adenocarcinoma not related to intestinal bowel disease. After resection and chemotherapy treatment a huge mass was detected in the left ovary. The anatomopathological findings confirmed a metastatic cancer consequent to the jejunal adenocarcinoma previously resected. This case illustrates a successful outcome of a jejunal adenocarcinoma with very poor prognosis after a extremely unusual ovarian metastasis. It is highly important to suspect other causes than intestinal bowel disease when doing a differential diagnosis in a young patient presenting with clinical symptoms of intestinal obstruction. (AU)