Korean J Gastrointest Endosc.  1989 May;9(1):39-42.

A Case of Primary Duodenal Bulb Carcinoma Combined with Early Gastric Cancer

• Park IW
• Lee HS
• Shim SJ
• Kim SH
• Yoo BC
• Park SM
• Kim CS
• Park YW

Abstract

The occurence of multiple primary malignant tumor is cansidered infrequent and the primary adenocarcinoma of the duodenal bulb is a rare conditian. The autopsy incidence of duodenal adenocarcinoma is between 0.019 and 0.5%. The first documented case of duodenal carcinoma was described by Hamburger in 1746. Increased awareness of the condition, improvement in diagnostic technics and a more aggressive surgical approach have changed this disease from a postmortem curiosity to a condition that can be treated with satisfactory results. There are several reports on the high incidence of second additinoal cancer in patients with small intestinal cancer. Recently, we have experienced a case of primary duodenal bulb adenocarcinoma with early gastric cancer in a 68 year old male patient with complaints of epigastric pain, diarrhea and body weight loss. So we report the case of primary duodenal bulb adenocarcinoma combined with early gastric cancer with a brief review of literature.

MeSH Terms

Adenocarcinoma
Aged
Autopsy
Body Weight
Diarrhea
Exploratory Behavior
Humans
Incidence
Intestinal Neoplasms
Male
Stomach Neoplasms*