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Correspondence: Kevin Liu, McGaw Medical Center, 240 E Huron St, Suite 1-200, Chicago, IL 60611 (kevin-liu@northwestern.edu).
K. Liu reviewed the literature and wrote the manuscript.
MA Prasad, A. Lo, E. Bellaguarda and S. Strong drafted and edited the manuscript.
SB Hanauer revised the manuscript and is the article guarantor.
Financial disclosure: None to report.
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- Gastroenterology
Primary Adenocarcinoma of an Ileostomy in Crohn's Disease.
Abstract:
Although Crohn's disease has been associated with an increased risk of small bowel adenocarcinoma, primary adenocarcinoma arising from an ileostomy is a complication that has been rarely documented in Crohn's disease. Chronic small bowel inflammation may lead to development of malignancy through the dysplasia-carcinoma sequence. We report a case of a 61-year-old woman with Crohn's ileocolitis diagnosed with a primary adenocarcinoma at the ileostomy with metastases to the liver 47 years after proctocolectomy, and review the literature.
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