Article
Small bowel carcinoma revealing HNPCC syndrome.
Gastroenterologie clinique et biologique - 1 Jan 2000
Babba T, Schischmanoff O, Lagorce C, Wind P, Des Guetz G, Aparicio T, Benamouzig R
Abstract excerpt
Small bowel adenocarcinoma is a rare condition with poor prognosis. Like colorectal cancer, small bowel carcinoma may be a part of genetic syndromes with carcinogenetic pathways different from sporadic forms. We report a case of 41-year-old man with small bowel carcinoma revealing hereditary non polyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC) syndrome. This report supports the systematic study of the MSI status in every...
Topics
- Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing
- Adenocarcinoma
- Adult
- Colorectal Neoplasms, Hereditary Nonpolyposis
- Duodenal Neoplasms
- Exons
- Humans
- Male
- MutL Protein Homolog 1
- Mutation
- Nuclear Proteins
