Open AccessPrimary squamous cell carcinoma of the small intestine
Author(s) -
Shirish Nandedkar,
Karunakar K Trivedi,
Kamal Malukani
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of cancer research and therapeutics/journal of cancer research and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 0973-1482
pISSN - 1998-4138
DOI - 10.4103/0973-1482.126477
Subject(s) - basal cell , sigmoid colon , small intestine , large intestine , carcinoma , medicine , primary (astronomy) , pathology , gastroenterology , oncology , biology , rectum , physics , astronomy
Squamous cell carcinoma of the small intestine is very rare. Only four cases have been reported so far. We report a case of primary squamous cell carcinoma arising in the small intestine and unusually causing strangulation of sigmoid colon in a 59-year-old female, the first case in India.