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Intestinal Adenocarcinoma (view source)
Revision as of 17:28, 10 August 2010
, 17:28, 10 August 2010→Laboratory Test
Differential diagnoses for intestinal adenocarcinoma include: intestinal foreign body, inflammatory bowel disease, alimentary lymphoma, gastrointestinal parasitism, leiomyoma or meiomyosarcoma and pancreatitis.
Differential diagnoses for intestinal adenocarcinoma include: intestinal foreign body, inflammatory bowel disease, alimentary lymphoma, gastrointestinal parasitism, leiomyoma or meiomyosarcoma and pancreatitis.
===Laboratory Test===
===Laboratory Tests===
Haematology often reveals a microcytic, hypochromic anaemia from chronic bleeding to the gastrointestinal tract. The loss of whole blood may also lead to hypoproteinemia on routine biochemistry. Electrolyte abnormalities may bee seen with intestinal obstruction, and blood urea nitrogen may be raised due to absorbtion following intestinal bleeding or dehydration. A test for faecal occult blood may be positive.
Haematology often reveals a microcytic, hypochromic anaemia from chronic bleeding to the gastrointestinal tract. The loss of whole blood may also lead to hypoproteinemia on routine biochemistry. Electrolyte abnormalities may bee seen with intestinal obstruction, and blood urea nitrogen may be raised due to absorbtion following intestinal bleeding or dehydration. A test for faecal occult blood may be positive.