Introduction to Small Bowel Cancer
Small bowel cancers pose significant challenges in diagnosing them because they are relatively uncommon among other gastrointestinal tumors. They arise from the small intestine appearing in various forms such as adenocarcinoma; sarcoma; lymphoma; carcinoid tumours among others.
Most often it goes undiagnosed until its late stages when abdominal pain due to tumor growth bleeding into intestines over time causing blood in stools and weight loss for no reason can be mistaken for other conditions or ignored as mere gastrointestinal issues.
Moreover, the small bowel is located at deep within the abdomen further complicating early identification.
Small Bowel Obstruction
- Interuption of small bowel content to pass distally caused obstructive symptoms
- Bilious vomiting , pain abdomen and Abdominal distension are symptoms and signs of the small bowel obstruction
- conservative measure failure may need for surgical intervention Laparoscopic treatment is feasible
Large Bowel Obstruction
- Obstruction of large bowel causes gross abdominal distension
- pain in abdomen & Vomiting
- cancerous tumor / volvulous / adhesive band / Intusucception / herniation are major cause for it
- Surgical intervention needed
