GNET of small bowell

Czech version

Authors: Málková Š. ¹; Papík Z. ¹; Navrátilová B. ²
Authors‘ workplace: Endoskopické centrum, Oblastní nemocnice Náchod a. s. ¹; Patologické oddělení, Oblastní nemocnice Náchod a. s. ²
Published in: Gastroent Hepatol 2020; 74(6): 543-546
Category: Digestive Endoscopy: Case Report
doi: https://doi.org/10.48095/ccgh2020543

Overview

Summary: The case report presents a rare malignant tumor of the duodenojejunal junction with generalization in an elderly polymorbid woman, which showed symptoms of high ileus. The tumor infiltrated almost the entire width of the wall with the exception of the mucosa layer and metastatically affected the lymph nodes and the wall and visceral peritoneum. The dia gnosis was determined after surgical resection based on histological and immunohistochemical examinations which proved the positivity of S100 protein and synaptophysin.

Keywords:

tumor of small bowel – high ileus – immunohistochemistry – GNET

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