[Intestinal occlusion caused by cecal carcinoid].
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.
Barone
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G
Clinica Chirurgica, Università degli Studi di Bari.
Iacobone
M
M
Fersini
A
A
Errico
E
E
Lattarulo
S
S
Ambrosi
A
A
Fabiano
G
G
Favia
G
G
Maiorano
E
E
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