Main » Small Intestine Cancer
Cancer of the small intestine is a relatively rare a cancer of digestive tract, which is only 2% of other malignant tumors gastrointestinal tract. In genera... Read more »
|
Among the reasons contributing to the development of cancer of the small intestine, you should note the presence of adenomatous polyps in the mucosa of the small intestine, which occur as a sporadic, that is, by chance, and in the presence of familial adenomatous polyposis - hereditary disease of genetic nature.
Other causes are believed to serve as chemical carcinogens, which are part of the food, and with it comes the intestine, smoking, alcohol abuse, chro... Read more »
|
Cancer of the small intestine occurs more frequently in the initial section jejunum and terminal ileum bowel loops, more often isolated and extremely rare - plural.
In most cases, cancer of the small intestine comes from the columnar epithelium of intestinal glands and the histological structure of an adenocarcinoma. Sometimes found mucosal cancer.
Predispose to cancer (precancers), intestinal ulcers, adenoma, chronic inflammation, diverticulitis. ... Read more »
|
Clinical manifestations of cancer of the small intestine develop gradually and, unfortunately, most patients seek medical attention at a later stage when the tumor invades deeply into the tissues of intestines and metastasizes to adjacent organs.
The most common initial symptoms are dyspepsia: nausea, vomiting, abdominal distention, spastic pain in the gut. In the future a decrease in body weight, which may be associated with reduced power, and with the rapid... Read more »
|
For the diagnosis of cancer of the small intestine are most often used fibrogastroskopiya, radiography, angiography vascular abdomen, colonoscopy, laparoscopy, computed tomography, nuclear magnetic resonance, and a biopsy to determine the cell type and degree of malignancy.
Differential diagnosis should be conducted with tuberculosis of the small intestine, Crohn's disease, arterio-mesenteric obstruction, beni... Read more »
|
|
|
