Open AccessDuodenal adenocarcinoma in a 10-year-old boy
Author(s) -
Mohamed Zouari,
H. Bouthour,
Ben Abdallah Rabia,
Youssef Hlel,
Ben Malek Riath,
Y. Gharbi,
N. Kaabar
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
african journal of paediatric surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.163
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 0189-6725
pISSN - 0974-5998
DOI - 10.4103/0189-6725.129244
Subject(s) - medicine , adenocarcinoma , gastroenterology , population , general surgery , pediatrics , cancer , environmental health
Gastrointestinal malignancies are extremely rare in the paediatric population and duodenal cancers represent an even more unusual entity. It represents 0.3-1% of all gastrointestinal tumours. A case report of a 10-year-old boy with duodenal adenocarcinoma is reported and the difficulties of diagnosing and treating this rare tumour are discussed.