Recurrent intermittent small bowel obstruction due to carcinoid tumor.
We encountered an unusual case of carcinoid tumor of the terminal ileum with intermittent recurrent small bowel obstruction of seven years' duration rather than the usual presentation of chronic progressive obstruction.
D002276:Carcinoid Tumor / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007414:Intestinal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000209:etiology*; D007421:Intestine, Small; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012008:Recurrence