Year 2024 / Volume 116 / Number 4
Letter
Unusual presentation of jejunal adenocarcinoma and ovarian metastasis

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DOI: 10.17235/reed.2023.9658/2023

María Desirée García García, María Dolores Galván Fernández, Samer Alejandro Mouhtar El Halabi, Jesús Machuca Aguado, Federico Argüelles-Arias,

Abstract
It is rare to find a small bowel tumour presenting as intestinal obstruction. This type of cancer is an extremely unusual condition often misdiagnosed until late stages. We report the case of a patient with persistent vomiting secondary to an obstructing jejunal adenocarcinoma not related to intestinal bowel disease. After resection and chemotherapy treatment a huge mass was detected in the left ovary. The anatomopathological findings confirmed a metastatic cancer consequent to the jejunal adenocarcinoma previously resected. This case illustrates a successful outcome of a jejunal adenocarcinoma with very poor prognosis after a extremely unusual ovarian metastasis. It is highly important to suspect other causes than intestinal bowel disease when doing a differential diagnosis in a young patient presenting with clinical symptoms of intestinal obstruction.
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Publication history

Received: 12/04/2023

Accepted: 14/04/2023

Online First: 05/05/2023

Published: 09/04/2024

Article Online First time: 23 days

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