Concurrent collagenous colitis and multiple ileal carcinoids.
A case of collagenous colitis in a patient with ileal carcinoid is described. Considerable fibrofatty thickening of the small bowel mesentery was present. The association of these findings appears to be unprecedented. Further observations are required to ascertain that collagenous colitis is one of the protean manifestations of carcinoid tumor.
Nussinson
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Gastroenterology Unit, Central Emek Hospital, Afula, Israel.
Samara
M
M
Vigder
L
L
Shafer
I
I
Tzur
N
N
D002276:Carcinoid Tumor / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D003092:Colitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D003095:Collagen Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007078:Ileal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary