Pitfalls in diagnosing small bowel carcinoid tumors.
Small bowel carcinoid usually presents with clinical symptoms and signs deriving from this endocrinological function and it rarely bleeds profusely. Below we present a case of a patient with intestinal bleeding. The bleeding tumor was finally diagnosed with the aid of wireless capsule endoscopy (CE) and histological examination showed a small bowel carcinoid.
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Department of Gastroenterology, University Medical Center Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia. ziva@mrevlje.org
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D053704:Capsule Endoscopy; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007414:Intestinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008303:Malignant Carcinoid Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008875:Middle Aged