AN UNUSUAL PRESENTATION OF METASTATIC SQUAMOUS-CELL CERVICAL-CARCINOMA INVOLVING THE DISTAL ILEUM MIMICKING CROHNS-DISEASE

Authors
YOSHIDA EM CHAUN H SWENERTON KD BEREAN KW MCGREGOR GI
Citation
Em. Yoshida et al., AN UNUSUAL PRESENTATION OF METASTATIC SQUAMOUS-CELL CERVICAL-CARCINOMA INVOLVING THE DISTAL ILEUM MIMICKING CROHNS-DISEASE, Canadian journal of gastroenterology, 8(5), 1994, pp. 323-325
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Journal title
Canadian journal of gastroenterology → ACNP
ISSN journal
08357900
Volume
8
Issue
5
Year of publication
1994
Pages
323 - 325
Database
ISI
SICI code
0835-7900(1994)8:5<323:AUPOMS>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
Both primary and secondary malignant diseases may present with a clini cal, radiological and/or endoscopic picture resembling Crohn's disease . In this report, a 64-year-old woman previously treated surgically an d with radiation for stage I B squamous cell carcinoma of the cervix p resented with diarrhea and had endoscopic findings simulating Crohn's disease. Biopsies and subsequent laparotomy revealed that the lesions were metastatic cervical carcinoma involving the terminal ileum.