title: Primary insular carcinoid of the ovary.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Primary insular carcinoid tumor of the ovary is a rare tumor and accounts for fewer than 1% of all cases of carcinoid in the body. With the exception of a single reported case, all previously described functioning ovarian carcinoid tumors have measured at least 10 cm in diameter. Thus, there appears to be a good correlation between the size of the tumor and the presence of the carcinoid syndrome.
  
  
  METHODS
  We describe a case of a functioning primary insular carcinoid tumor of the ovary measuring just 6 cm in maximal diameter.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Although primary ovarian carcinoid tumor is very rare, a high clinical index of suspicion must be maintained, especially in a patient presenting with carcinoid syndrome and a small adnexal mass.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, The Kelly Gynecologic Oncology Service, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, 600 North Wolfe Street, Phipps #281, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA. tdiazmo1@jhmi.edu
authors.forename: Teresa P
authors.initials: TP
authors.lastname: Díaz-Montes
authors.forename: Linda E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Rosenthal
authors.forename: Robert E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Bristow
authors.forename: Francis C
authors.initials: FC
authors.lastname: Grumbine
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002276:Carcinoid Tumor / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*