title: Retrorectal carcinoid tumor.
abstract: Retrorectal masses comprise a varied group of rarely encountered tumors. We present the case of a 42-year-old white woman with a retrorectal carcinoid tumor treated by abdominosacral resection. Diagnostic and therapeutic strategies are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Lehigh Valley Hospital, Allentown, Pa., USA.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Gorski
authors.forename: I T
authors.initials: IT
authors.lastname: Khubchandani
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Stasik
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Riether
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002276:Carcinoid Tumor / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D012186:Retroperitoneal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D012447:Sacrum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography