Large carcinoid tumor of the appendix during pregnancy.
Diagnosis of acute appendicitis is considered more difficult in pregnant than in non-pregnant women. The appendicial carcinoid tumor is a lesion that most frequently is discovered incidentally in the removed organ. We report a rare case of an unruptured acute appendicitis during pregnancy, which proved to be a large carcinoid tumor.
Korkontzelos
Ioannis
I
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, District General Hospital of Ioannina "G. Chatzikosta", Alexandrou Drakou 2, 45221 Ioannina, Greece. ikorkont@hol.gr
Papanicolaou
Sylvia
S
Tsimoyiannis
Ioannis
I
Kitsiou
Evaggelia
E
Stefos
Theodor
T
Tsanadis
Georgios
G
Antoniou
Nikolaos
N
D000328:Adult; D001063:Appendiceal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D002276:Carcinoid Tumor / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011252:Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic