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| Year : 2008 | Volume
: 45
| Issue : 4 | Page : 179-181 |
Adenocarcinoma at angle of treitz: A report of two cases with review of literature
Pushpa Koli, VV Dewoolkar, U Butale
Department of General Surgery, K.J. Somaiya Hospital and Research Centre, Everad Nagar, Mumbai, India
Correspondence Address:
V V Dewoolkar
Department of General Surgery, K.J. Somaiya Hospital and Research Centre, Everad Nagar, Mumbai
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0019-509X.44669
We report two patients with adenocarcinoma at angle of treitz who presented with upper GI(gastrointestinal) obstruction and underwent segmental resection of duodeno-jejunal junction. Preoperative investigations failed to reveal the nature of the lesion suggesting the elusive nature of these lesions, importance of clinical suspicion and decision-making.
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