Korean J Gastrointest Endosc.
2010 Dec;41(6):360-363.
A Case of Rectal Cancer in a Patient with X-linked Agammagloubulinemia
- Affiliations
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- 1Department of Internal Medicine, Chonbuk National University Medical School, Jeonju, Korea.
- 2The Research Institute of Clinical Medicine, Chonbuk National University Medical School, Jeonju, Korea. clickm@jbnu.ac.kr
Abstract
- X-linked agammaglobulinemia (XLA) is a primary immunodeficiency disorder caused by germline mutation of the Bruton tyrosine kinase (BTK) gene. Most of the patients diagnosed X-LA suffer from recurrent infections of the respiratory and gastrointestinal tracts. Increased risk of malignancy in X-LA patients include lymphoma, gastric cancer, colorectal cancer. We report a case of 32-years-old male patient with X-linked agammagolbulinemia and rectal cancer. Agammaglobulinemia was diagnosed at 13 years old. He underwent colonoscopy for hematochezia. An ulceroinfiltrative mass was found during colonscopy and biopsy revealed moderately differentiated adenocarcinoma. Subsequently, he underwent a anterior resection.
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MeSH Terms
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Adenocarcinoma
Agammaglobulinemia
Biopsy
Colonoscopy
Colorectal Neoplasms
Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage
Gastrointestinal Tract
Genetic Diseases, X-Linked
Germ-Line Mutation
Humans
Lymphoma
Male
Protein-Tyrosine Kinases
Rectal Neoplasms
Stomach Neoplasms
Agammaglobulinemia
Genetic Diseases, X-Linked
Protein-Tyrosine Kinases
