%0 Journal Article
%T Intramucosal adenocarcinoma of the ileum originated 40 years after ileosigmoidostomy
%A Shinichi Sameshima
%A Shigeru Tomozawa
%A Shinichiro Koketsu
%A Toshiyuki Okada
%A Hideyo Miyato
%A Misa Iijima
%A Masaru Kojima
%A Toshio Kaji
%J World Journal of Surgical Oncology
%D 2009
%I BioMed Central
%R 10.1186/1477-7819-7-41
%X A 72-year-old Japanese male had a positive fecal occult blood test at a regular check-up in 2006. He suffered appendicitis and received an ileosigmoidostomy in 1966. A colonoscopy revealed an irregular mucosal lesion with an unclear margin at the ileum side of the anastomosis. A mucosal biopsy specimen showed adenocarcinoma histopathologically. Excision of the anastomosis was performed for this patient. The resected specimen showed a flat mucosal lesion with a slight depression at the ileum adjacent to the anastomosis. Histological examination revealed a well differentiated intramucosal adenocarcinoma (adenocarcinoma in situ). Immunohistological staining demonstrated the overexpression of p53 protein in the adenocarcinoma.Adenocarcinoma of the ileum at such an early stage is a very rare event. In this case, there is a possibility that the ileosigmoidostomy resulted in a back flow of colonic stool to the ileum that caused the carcinogenesis of the small intestine.Small bowel adenocarcinomas (SBAs) are rare carcinomas. They are asymptomatic and usually neither endoscopy nor contrast studies are performed for screening. Most of SBAs are detected at the advanced stage. Early stage SBAs are extremely rare cases.We report a case of an intramucosal adenocarcinoma (adenocarcinoma in situ) of the ileum mucosa an ileosigmoidostomy. A few cases with adenocarcinoma in situ of small bowel have been reported [1]. There is no report of an adenocarcinoma of the ileum following the ileocolonostomy in the literature.A Japanese male suffered severe appendicitis and received an ileosigmoidostomy without appendectomy in 1966. A prostatectomy was performed for benign prostate hypertrophy at the age of 67. He also received medical treatment for hypertension. A regular check-up in August 2006, when the patient was 72 years of age, revealed a positive fecal occult blood test. A colonoscopy was conducted by his family practitioner and an irregular mucosal lesion with an unclear margin was de
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