INTESTINE Vol.15 No.2(3-5)

Theme Recent advances in the diagnosis and management of small intestinal tumor
Title Benign tumors of small intestine -- Aberrant pancreas and others
Publish Date 2011/02
Author Kazuo Ohtsuka Digestive Disease Center, Showa University Northern Yokohama Hospital
Author Seiko Hayashi Digestive Disease Center, Showa University Northern Yokohama Hospital
Author Hironari Shiwaku Digestive Disease Center, Showa University Northern Yokohama Hospital
Author Yoshitaka Sato Digestive Disease Center, Showa University Northern Yokohama Hospital
Author Hideyuki Miyachi Digestive Disease Center, Showa University Northern Yokohama Hospital
Author Nobunao Ikehara Digestive Disease Center, Showa University Northern Yokohama Hospital
Author Fumio Ishida Digestive Disease Center, Showa University Northern Yokohama Hospital
Author Shigeharu Hamatani Department of Pathology, Showa University Northern Yokohama Hospital
Author Shin-ei Kudo Digestive Disease Center, Showa University Northern Yokohama Hospital
[ Summary ] At one time small bowel tumors were thought to be rare. However, various lesions are now observed due to recent advances in balloon endoscopy which have made detailed examinations of the entire small intestine possible. Image enhanced endoscopy is also useful for diagnosing those lesions. Examination of the terminal ileum during colonoscopy is also important to detect tumors. We report on cases involving an aberrant pancreas located in the jejunum, a colonic muco-submucosal elongated polyp-like ileal polyp, Cronkhite-Canada syndrome and a depressed type adenoma in the ileum.
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