Carcinoid tumour as a complication of ulcerative colitis.
Patients with long-standing ulcerative colitis have an increased chance of developing a carcinoma of the colon, especially when the inflammatory process involves the entire colon, but no case of a carcinoid tumour of the colon occurring in a patient with ulcerative colitis has been reported.
D002276:Carcinoid Tumor / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D003093:Colitis, Ulcerative / Q000150:complications*; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012007:Rectum / Q000473:pathology