An Unusual Presentation of Metastatic Squamous Cell Cervical Carcinoma Involving the Distal Ileum Mimicking Crohn’s Disease | Zendy

Eric M. Yoshida | Zendy; Hugh Chaun | Zendy; Kenneth D. Swenerton | Zendy; Kenneth W. Berean | Zendy; Gregor I. McGregor | Zendy

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An Unusual Presentation of Metastatic Squamous Cell Cervical Carcinoma Involving the Distal Ileum Mimicking Crohn’s Disease

Author(s) -

Eric M. Yoshida,

Hugh Chaun,

Kenneth D. Swenerton,

Kenneth W. Berean,

Gregor I. McGregor

Publication year - 1994

Publication title -

canadian journal of gastroenterology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1916-7237

pISSN - 0835-7900

DOI - 10.1155/1994/694092

Subject(s) - medicine , ileum , crohn's disease , laparotomy , cervix , basal cell , disease , pathology , metastasis , presentation (obstetrics) , radiology , gastroenterology , cancer

Both primary and secondary malignant diseases may present with a clinical, radiological and/or endoscopic picture resembling Crohn’s disease. In this report, a 64-year-old woman previously treated surgically and with radiation for stage I B squamous cell carcinoma of the cervix presented with diarrhea and had endoscopic findings simulating Crohn’s disease. Biopsies and subsequent laparotomy revealed that the lesions were metastatic cervical carcinoma involving the terminal ileum

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