title: [Multiple carcinoid tumors of the small bowel. Report of one case].
abstract: Small bowel carcinoid tumors are more common in the distal ileum and they are multiple in 30% of cases. The most common clinical manifestation is abdominal pain and the treatment of choice is surgical excision. We report a 63 years old female consulting for abdominal pain. An intestinal transit by computed axial tomography revealed multiple images compatible with small bowel carcinoid tumors. She had a surgical excision of the involved intestinal segment and the pathological study confirmed the imaging diagnosis. In the follow up, this patients has been asymptomatic.
authors.affiliation: Cirugía Digestiva, División de Cirugía, Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
authors.forename: Jean Michel
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Butte
authors.forename: Cyntia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Escobar
authors.forename: Andrés
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: O'Brien
authors.forename: Alvaro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zúñiga
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000473:pathology; D002276:Carcinoid Tumor / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007414:Intestinal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed