Carcinoid tumors and inflammatory bowel disease.
Three cases are described in which carcinoid tumors arose in previously established inflammatory bowel disease: two were in the ileum in cases of Crohn's disease, and one was in the rectum in a case of ulcerative colitis. Review of this association in the literature suggests that it may be more than fortuitous.
Kortbeek
J
J
Intestinal Disease Research Unit, University of Calgary Medical School, Alberta, Canada.
Kelly
J K
JK
Preshaw
R M
RM
D000328:Adult; D002276:Carcinoid Tumor / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D003093:Colitis, Ulcerative / Q000150:complications*; D003424:Crohn Disease / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007078:Ileal Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged