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1683372

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
8
pubmed:dateCreated
1991-12-30
pubmed:abstractText
The records of 101 patients with primary small intestinal malignant tumor at NTUH, collected from 1960 to 1989, were reviewed. These patients represented 1.2% of the patients with gastrointestinal cancer at NTUH over the same period. Fourty-two (41.6%) of the cancer patients had lymphomas, 30(29.7%) had adenocarcinomas, 26 (25.7%) had leiomyosarcomas, and 3(3.0%) had carcinoid tumors. The average age at cancer presentation was 47.5 years (range from 3 to 96). The lymphoma patients had an average age of 35.1 years, while adenocarcinoma patients averaged 60.4 years of age. Leiomyosarcoma and carcinoid tumors averaged 51.2 years and 59 years, respectively. There were 65 male patients and 36 female patients, and there was a male predominance in all groups except for the leiomyosarcoma group which had an equal sex ratio. Generally speaking, the incidence rate for the areas involved were similar in the duodenum, jejunum and ileum. However, adenocarcinomas were more common in the duodenum (53%) and 45% of lymphomas were found in the ileum, as were the carcinoid tumors (66%). The most common presenting symptom was abdominal pain (62%), with bleeding second (32%). Obstruction and palpable mass together were present in 29% of the cases. Body weight loss was found in 25% of patients, and 14% of the patients presented with acute abdomen due to intestinal perforation. Laparotomy was the most common diagnostic procedure (60%). Preoperative diagnoses were possible in cases of duodenal and upper intestinal malignancies, but were rarely possible in patients with lower intestinal malignancies. Sixty-eight patients (68%) underwent tumor resection for palliation or cure. The operation mortality was 4%.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0929-6646
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
90
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
776-81
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1991
pubmed:articleTitle
Primary malignant tumor of the small intestine.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, R.O.C.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study