title: [Carcinoid tumor in the retroperitoneal space].
abstract: Authors present a rare case of the pancreatic carcinoid. Diagnosis was based on clinical examination, ultrasonography, CT, and histopathological evaluation. The patient was operated on twice: (Whipple's procedure with the right hemicolectomy and then Roux-Y anastomosis). During follow-up the liver metastases appeared. The patient was treated with chemotherapy. She died 19 month after operation because of neoplastic dissemination.
authors.affiliation: II Katedry Chirurgii Kliniki Chirurgii Ogólnej Akademii Medycznej w Lublinie.
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authors.lastname: Ciechański
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authors.lastname: Dabrowski
mesh_terms: D002276:Carcinoid Tumor / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary; D008875:Middle Aged; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D012187:Retroperitoneal Space