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Axial reconstruction of abdominal computed tomography scan shows lymphadenopathy in the region of the superior mesenteric vein.
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A computed tomography scan of his abdomen with oral contrast was arranged to look for any obvious small bowel luminal abnormality (Figure 1).
Images from the wireless capsule endoscopy demonstrate a malignant looking jejunal stricture due to a tumour.
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He was referred for a wireless capsule endoscopy, which discovered a jejunal tumour causing a malignant looking stricture preventing the impacted wireless capsule to pass and resulted in small bowel obstruction requiring a laparotomy (Figure 2).
Histology of the resected specimen shows moderately differentiated adenocarcinoma.
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Histopathological examination of the resection specimen demonstrated a moderately differentiated adenocarcinoma with clear resection margins, rather than a lymphoma (Figure 3).