Open AccessSmall bowel adenocarcinoma and Crohn's disease: Any further ahead than 50 years ago?
Author(s) -
Caitlin Cahill,
Philip H. Gordon,
Andrea Petrucci,
Marylise Boutros
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.v20.i33.11486
Subject(s) - medicine , crohn's disease , disease , incidence (geometry) , inflammatory bowel disease , adenocarcinoma , presentation (obstetrics) , gastroenterology , cancer , surgery , physics , optics
This review of the literature on small bowel carcinoma associated with Crohn's disease specifically addresses the incidence, risk factors, and protective factors which have been identified. It also reviews the clinical presentation, the current modalities of diagnosis, the pathology, treatment, and surveillance. Finally, the prognosis and future direction are addressed. Our experience with small bowel adenocarcinoma in Crohn's disease is reported. Readers will be provided with a better understanding of this rare and often poorly recognized complication of Crohn's disease.