title: Carcinoid to cecal bowel localization: a case report and literature review.
abstract: The authors report a case of cecal malignant carcinoid, diagnosticated in a 68 years old male patient. Carcinoid tumours are rare neoplasm and their behaviour seems to change with the localization. Cecal carcinoid represents only 2-3% of gastrointestinal carcinoid. Some times it is discovered incidentally at autopsy, surgery or endoscopy. The aim of this paper has been to review, in literature, the frequency, treatment and prognosis of this neoplasm.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Clinical Surgery IV, La Sapienza, University of Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: L S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Gallinaro
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Forte
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Montesano
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Illuminati
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bertagni
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pastore
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Turano
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pulcini
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002430:Cecal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008303:Malignant Carcinoid Syndrome / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery