-transparent.png){kind=logo}
Primary malignant tumors of the small bowel are uncommon in the United States. They comprise less than 1% of all gastrointestinal malignancies, with an incidence of 2200 cases per year. The clinical presentation of small bowel tumors is frequently insidious and often overlooked by physicians. The low incidence and lack of pathognomonic symptoms are the reasons that the early diagnosis of malignant small bowel tumor is uncommon. To better understand the clinical presentation, diagnostic evaluation, management, and outcome, a review of Howard University patients with primary malignant small bowel tumors between 1970 and 1990 was conducted. Our experience concurs with the reported literature and supports the conclusion that a high index of suspicion is necessary. The diagnosis of a malignant small bowel tumor should be considered in patients with vague chronic abdominal complaints.
K J Mitchell, and
E S Williams, and
L D Leffall
December 1994,
European journal of surgical oncology : the journal of the European Society of Surgical Oncology and the British Association of Surgical Oncology,
K J Mitchell, and
E S Williams, and
L D Leffall
January 2016,
Rozhledy v chirurgii : mesicnik Ceskoslovenske chirurgicke spolecnosti,
K J Mitchell, and
E S Williams, and
L D Leffall
September 1980,
American journal of surgery,
K J Mitchell, and
E S Williams, and
L D Leffall
May 1969,
Archives of surgery (Chicago, Ill. : 1960),
K J Mitchell, and
E S Williams, and
L D Leffall
July 1987,
Journal of the Mississippi State Medical Association,
K J Mitchell, and
E S Williams, and
L D Leffall
January 1997,
Acta chirurgica Hungarica,
K J Mitchell, and
E S Williams, and
L D Leffall
August 1951,
Radiology,
K J Mitchell, and
E S Williams, and
L D Leffall
March 1966,
Journal of the Iowa Medical Society,
K J Mitchell, and
E S Williams, and
L D Leffall
September 1996,
The American surgeon,
K J Mitchell, and
E S Williams, and
L D Leffall
July 1989,
The American surgeon,
