Synchronous carcinoid tumour of the small intestine and appendix in the same patient.

Autor: Erbil Y; Department of General Surgery, Istanbul Medical Faculty, Instanbul University, 34430 CAPA/Instanbul, Turkey. yerbil2003@yahoo.com, Barbaros U, Kapran Y, Yanik BT, Bozbora A, Ozarmağan S
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: The West Indian medical journal [West Indian Med J] 2007 Mar; Vol. 56 (2), pp. 187-9.
DOI: 10.1590/s0043-31442007000200016
Abstrakt: Carcinoid tumours have been reported in a wide range of organs but most frequently involve the gastrointestinal tract. Many of these carcinoid tumours are associated with metachronous and synchronous lesions of another histological type. Primary carcinoid tumours of the different organ in the same patient is rare. In this paper, the authors present a case with synchronous carcinoid tumour of the small intestine and appendix in the same patient.
Databáze: MEDLINE