[A case of ileus due to radiation enteritis 19 years after radiotherapy]

Nihon Shokakibyo Gakkai Zasshi. 2017;114(4):676-682. doi: 10.11405/nisshoshi.114.676.
[Article in Japanese]

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Double-Balloon Enteroscopy
  • Enteritis / diagnostic imaging*
  • Enteritis / etiology
  • Enteritis / surgery
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Ileus / diagnostic imaging*
  • Ileus / etiology
  • Ileus / surgery
  • Radiotherapy / adverse effects*
  • Time Factors
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed