title: Large carcinoid tumor of the appendix during pregnancy.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, District General Hospital of Ioannina "G. Chatzikosta", Alexandrou Drakou 2, 45221 Ioannina, Greece. ikorkont@hol.gr
authors.forename: Ioannis
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Korkontzelos
authors.forename: Sylvia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Papanicolaou
authors.forename: Ioannis
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Tsimoyiannis
authors.forename: Evaggelia
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kitsiou
authors.forename: Theodor
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Stefos
authors.forename: Georgios
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tsanadis
authors.forename: Nikolaos
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Antoniou
mesh_terms: 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