title: [Intestinal occlusion caused by cecal carcinoid].
abstract: It is possible that carcinoids present themselves by a surgical emergency, without a <<classic syndrome>>. For these reasons, whenever a rational treatment is requested, an intraoperative diagnosis should be performed. In fact these neoplasms--owing to a less intense aggressiveness--present more indications to undergo surgery. In fact the authors report a case of caecum carcinoid characterized by the lack of typical symptoms of the homonymous syndrome. Urgent surgery was performed because of intestinal occlusion; the ileocaecal valve involvement caused the necessity of a large ileocolic resection with a L-L ileo-transverse anastomosis. The diagnosis of carcinoid was revealed only by the definitive histopathological examination.
authors.affiliation: Clinica Chirurgica, Università degli Studi di Bari.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Barone
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Iacobone
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fersini
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Errico
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lattarulo
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ambrosi
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fabiano
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Favia
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Maiorano
mesh_terms: D002276:Carcinoid Tumor / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D002430:Cecal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D002432:Cecum / Q000473:pathology; D004630:Emergencies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007077:Ileal Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D007080:Ileocecal Valve; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged