title: A case of a rectal carcinoid with multiple liver, lung and bone metastases.
abstract: A case of rectal carcinoid tumor with metastases to multiple organs is presented. On the basis of this clinical observation, some characteristics of rectal carcinoid tumours are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Universitair Ziekenhuis Antwerpen, Edegem.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vandewoude
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Michielsen
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pelckmans
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Bourgeois
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Van Maercke
mesh_terms: D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary; D002276:Carcinoid Tumor / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000556:secondary; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D014463:Ultrasonography