Duodenal Cancer Diagnosed by Capsule Endoscopy and Double Balloon Enteroscopy in a Patient with Hereditary Nonpolyposis Colorectal Cancer | Zendy

Hirokazu Yamagami | Zendy; Nobuhide Oshitani | Zendy; Noriko Kamata | Zendy; Mitsue Sogawa | Zendy; Kenji Watanabe | Zendy; Kazuhide Higuchi | Zendy; Tetsuo Arakawa | Zendy

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Duodenal Cancer Diagnosed by Capsule Endoscopy and Double Balloon Enteroscopy in a Patient with Hereditary Nonpolyposis Colorectal Cancer

Author(s) -

Hirokazu Yamagami,

Nobuhide Oshitani,

Noriko Kamata,

Mitsue Sogawa,

Kenji Watanabe,

Kazuhide Higuchi,

Tetsuo Arakawa

Publication year - 2006

Publication title -

digestion

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.882

H-Index - 75

eISSN - 1421-9867

pISSN - 0012-2823

DOI - 10.1159/000098558

Subject(s) - medicine , colorectal cancer , enteroscopy , duodenal cancer , capsule endoscopy , cancer , gastroenterology , endoscopy , double balloon enteroscopy

laparotomy was difficult. Here we report the case of duodenal cancer diagnosed by capsule endoscopy (CE) and double balloon enteroscopy (DBE) in a patient with HNPCC. The patient is a 72-year-old woman. She complained of passing tarry stool and was admitted to our hospital for further Dear Sir, Hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC) involves a predisposition not only to colorectal cancer, but also to cancers of various other organs (the endometrium, stomach, ovaries, small bowel, hepatobiliary epithelium, uroepithelia epithelium and brain) [1] . However, the diagnosis of small bowel cancer without a Published online: January 17, 2007

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