Cure8 research brief
People with Crohn’s disease who’ve had intestinal surgery may develop dysplasia or small-bowel cancer that can be detected early during routine postoperative endoscopic follow-up. Early detection enabled curative resection in this reported case.
Patients with Crohn’s disease post-intestinal surgery, clinicians (gastroenterologists and colorectal surgeons), and caregivers involved in postoperative surveillance planning.
This is a case report of a 48-year-old man with Crohn’s disease who underwent routine postoperative endoscopic surveillance of the remaining colon and accessible terminal ileum.
Nine years after referral, dysplastic epithelium was detected on the oral side of an anastomosis, confirmed on repeat evaluation, and led to an ileocecal resection; pathology showed intramucosal adenocarcinoma.
The lesion was found incidentally during routine follow-up because standardized surveillance for small-bowel cancer in Crohn’s disease is not established. The report describes successful early detection and surgical treatment with no recurrence of Crohn’s disease or cancer over 7 years of follow-up.
It illustrates that postoperative endoscopic follow-up including assessment of the accessible ileum can identify early neoplasia in postoperative Crohn’s patients.
Single case report — useful as an illustrative example but not proof of screening effectiveness. The paper notes lack of standardized surveillance for small-bowel cancer in Crohn’s disease.
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