Case Reports in Surgery (Jan 2021)

Small Bowel Obstruction Caused by Small Intestinal Metastasis Secondary to Esophageal Carcinoma

  • Kiminari Naoshima,
  • Keiji Abe,
  • Kazushige Murakami,
  • Kai Takaya,
  • Tatsuya Nakano

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1155/2021/9728424
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2021

Abstract

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Despite the frequent rapid spread of esophageal cancers to other organs, metastases to the small intestine are uncommon. As such, this paper describes a case of a 60-year-old male who developed a small intestinal obstruction due to metastasis from esophageal carcinoma. This patient had received radical esophagectomy for esophageal carcinoma 14 months prior to the diagnosis. Furthermore, the important role of computed tomography scans played in composing the differential diagnosis will be explored. In order to relieve the obstruction, resection of the small intestine was performed, and the patient survived six months postoperatively.