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Double small bowel cancers leading to the diagnosis of Lynch syndrome with germline MSH6 mutation in an elderly patient.
Clinical journal of gastroenterology - 1 Oct 2020
Ohwada Sae, Yamashita Kentaro, Kazama Tomoe, Mitsuhashi Kei, Ichiyanagi Akiko, Nakachi Kohei, Yamano Hiro-O, Nobuoka Takayuki, Ito Tatsuya, Sasao Wataru, Nakase Hiroshi
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A female patient in her 80s was referred to our hospital because of an ileal tumor identified by capsule endoscopy. FDG-PET suggested double intestinal tumors not only in the ileum but also in the jejunum. The patient has cancer past history including sigmoid colon, rectum, and endometrium, and also had cancer family history fulfilling the revised Amsterdam criteria. Double balloon enteroscopy disclosed two...
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