Journal of Clinical Case Reports

Nobuhiro Takeuchi

Publications

• Case Report
  Jejunal Carcinoma Successfully Detected by Capsule Endoscopy and Balloon Endoscopy: A Case Report
  Author(s): Nobuhiro Takeuchi, Ryota Aoki, Shuho Semba, Kazuyoshi Naba, Tetsuo Maeda, Hidetoshi Tada, Yu Nishida and Yusuke NomuraNobuhiro Takeuchi, Ryota Aoki, Shuho Semba, Kazuyoshi Naba, Tetsuo Maeda, Hidetoshi Tada, Yu Nishida and Yusuke Nomura
  
  A 67-year-old male was admitted to our institution for occult blood positivity and to test for anemia. Upper and lower gastroenteroscopy revealed no abnormal findings. A thickened intestinal wall was detected in the upper jejunum by contrast-enhanced abdominal computed tomography, and a small intestinal tumor was suspected. Capsule endoscopy revealed a lesion protruding two-thirds of its circumference into the upper jejunal wall, which showed a stricture. Single-balloon endoscopy confirmed a jejunal tumor. A specimen biopsied during single-balloon endoscopy revealed a well-differentiated tubular adenocarcinoma. Therefore, the patient was treated surgically. The intraoperative findings revealed a jejunal tumor approximately 5 cm distal from the Treiz ligament, and the jejunum, including the tumor with a 5 cm margin, was partially resected. The resected tumor was 60×40×30 mm.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2165-7920.1000229

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