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A case of ileus due to radiation enteritis 19 years after radiotherapy
Tomoyo Okumoto1, Toshio Kuwai, Toshiki Yamaguchi
1Department of Gastroenterology, National Hospital Organization Kure Medical Center and Chugoku Cancer Center.
Abstract:
A 73-year-old female visited our hospital complaining of nausea and epigastric pain because of ileus. She had a history of two laparotomy procedures in her youth, interferon treatment for chronic hepatitis C, and radiation therapy for uterine cervical cancer 19 years ago. Transanal double-balloon enteroscopy demonstrated annular stenosis with ulceration of the anal side of the dilated small intestine. Therefore, surgical resection was performed, and late radiation enteritis was diagnosed on histopathological examination. We report a case of ileus due to radiation enteritis 19 years after radiotherapy.