4 Small Bowel Neoplasms

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Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Duodenum to the ileum, pathology runs deep
Four main neoplasms that surgical trainees need to keep
Adenocarcinoma hits the duodenum most of all
Periampullary region, that's where most of these will fall
Whipple's your procedure when it's proximal to the flex
Jejunoileal disease gets segmental — don't be perplexed
Lymph nodes en bloc, clear your margins, staging drives the call
TNM dictates your plan from the duodenal wall

[Chorus]
A-N-L-G — four letters, four tumours, remember the spread
Adeno, NET, Lymphoma, GIST — and melanoma met
Multifocal, mesenteric, Whipple or segmental bed
Octreotide before you cut or carcinoid crisis fed
A-N-L-G — carve it into your head

[Verse 2]
NETs — neuroendocrine, and multifocality's the trap
One lesion on the scan don't mean there's only one on the map
Mesenteric fibrosis pulls the bowel like a fist
Desmoplastic reaction — loops of bowel get dismissed
Carcinoid syndrome: flushing, wheeze, and diarrhoea cascade
Serotonin floods the systemic — hepatic mets have made
Pre-op octreotide is mandatory, non-negotiable stance
Carcinoid crisis intraoperative — don't give it a chance
Mesenteric lymphadenectomy wide — chase every node
Hepatic metastases resectable — take the aggressive road

[Chorus]
A-N-L-G — four letters, four tumours, remember the spread
Adeno, NET, Lymphoma, GIST — and melanoma met
Multifocal, mesenteric, Whipple or segmental bed
Octreotide before you cut or carcinoid crisis fed
A-N-L-G — carve it into your head

[Verse 3]
Lymphoma of the small bowel — B-cell, diffuse large
MALT and enteropathy-associated T-cell take charge
Perforation risk with treatment so your staging must be tight
Chemotherapy predominantly, surgery for complication's bite
GIST — KIT and PDGFRA mutations, spindle cells aligned
Imatinib for high-risk adjuvant — resistance well-defined
No lymphadenectomy needed, pseudocapsule intact
Rupture spills malignant cells and that's a lethal act
Melanoma mets — the small bowel is their favourite haunt
Intussusception, bleeding — occult presentation to confront

[Bridge]
Peutz-Jeghers — hamartomas, mucocutaneous spots
STK11 mutation threading through the genetic plots
FAP duodenal polyps — Spigelman tells you where you stand
Stage four means prophylactic Whipple may be in the plan
Size, number, histology, dysplasia — four variables scored
Zero to four — tally up, let Spigelman be your lord

[Chorus]
A-N-L-G — four letters, four tumours, remember the spread
Adeno, NET, Lymphoma, GIST — and melanoma met
Multifocal, mesenteric, Whipple or segmental bed
Octreotide before you cut or carcinoid crisis fed
A-N-L-G — carve it into your head

[Outro]
Proximal or distal, benign-seeming or malign
Polyposis syndromes lurking in the Spigelman line
Every tumour type demands a different surgical art
Know your four, know your staging — that's where masters start

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