Case Report
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World J Gastroenterol. Apr 14, 2009; 15(14): 1774-1778
Published online Apr 14, 2009. doi: 10.3748/wjg.15.1774
A case of small bowel adenocarcinoma in a patient with Crohn’s disease detected by PET/CT and double-balloon enteroscopy
Chise Kodaira, Satoshi Osawa, Chihiro Mochizuki, Yoshihiko Sato, Masafumi Nishino, Takanori Yamada, Yasuhiro Takayanagi, Kosuke Takagaki, Ken Sugimoto, Shigeru Kanaoka, Takahisa Furuta, Mutsuhiro Ikuma
Chise Kodaira, Satoshi Osawa, Masafumi Nishino, Takanori Yamada, Yasuhiro Takayanagi, Kosuke Takagaki, Ken Sugimoto, Mutsuhiro Ikuma, First Department of Medicine, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, 1-20-1 Handayama, Higashi-ku, Hamamatsu 431-3192, Japan
Chihiro Mochizuki, Yoshihiko Sato, Department of Gastroenterology, Seirei Hamamatsu General Hospital, 2-12-12 Sumiyoshi, Naka-ku, Hamamatsu 431-3192, Japan
Shigeru Kanaoka, Molecular Diagnosis, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, 1-20-1 Handayama, Higashi-ku, Hamamatsu 431-3192, Japan
Takahisa Furuta, Center for Clinical Research, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, 1-20-1 Handayama, Higashi-ku, Hamamatsu 431-3192, Japan
Author contributions: Kodaira C and Osawa S wrote the paper; Mochizuki C and Sato Y contributed to the PET/CT and imaging diagnosis; Nishino M, Yamada T, Takayanagi Y, and Takagaki K performed the double-balloon enteroscopy; Sugimoto K, Kanaoka S, Furuta T, and Ikuma M designed the paper.
Correspondence to: Satoshi Osawa, MD, PhD, First Department of Medicine, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, 1-20-1 Handayama, Higashi-ku, Hamamatsu 431-3192, Japan. sososawa@hama-med.ac.jp
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Received: September 23, 2008
Revised: March 12, 2009
Accepted: March 19, 2009
Published online: April 14, 2009
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