Celiac disease and other precursors to small-bowel malignancy

Gastroenterol Clin North Am. 2002 Jun;31(2):625-39. doi: 10.1016/s0889-8553(02)00010-9.

Abstract

Small-intestinal malignancies are rare. Major risk factors for the development of these malignancies include celiac disease, which predisposes to both carcinoma and lymphoma. Crohn's disease patients have an increased risk of the development of adenocarcinoma, as do the inherited polyposis syndromes, FAP, and Peutz-Jehgers syndrome. Each of these conditions provides unique models for the development of malignancy.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adenomatous Polyposis Coli / complications
  • Celiac Disease / complications*
  • Crohn Disease / complications
  • Humans
  • Intestinal Neoplasms / etiology*
  • Intestine, Small / pathology*
  • Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome / complications
  • Precancerous Conditions / pathology