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[Small-bowel obstruction as the expression of hereditary non-polyposis colorectal carcinoma].
Nederlands tijdschrift voor geneeskunde - 31 Jul 2004
Koëter S, Hesp W L E M, Beukers R
Abstract excerpt
A 25-year-old man underwent periodic coloscopy due to the occurrence of colon carcinoma in the family. At the age of 41, a mutation in the MSH2-gene was detected. More than a year after resection of the sigmoid for recurrent diverticulitis, he developed ileus in the small intestine; in the resected specimen of a non-viable portion of small intestine an adenocarcinoma was found. One year after a wide repeat...
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