title: Synchronous carcinoid tumour of the small intestine and appendix in the same patient.
abstract: Carcinoid tumours have been reported in a wide range of organs but most frequently involve the gastrointestinal tract. Many of these carcinoid tumours are associated with metachronous and synchronous lesions of another histological type. Primary carcinoid tumours of the different organ in the same patient is rare. In this paper, the authors present a case with synchronous carcinoid tumour of the small intestine and appendix in the same patient.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Istanbul Medical Faculty, Instanbul University, 34430 CAPA/Instanbul, Turkey. yerbil2003@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Erbil
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Barbaros
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kapran
authors.forename: B T
authors.initials: BT
authors.lastname: Yanik
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bozbora
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ozarmağan
mesh_terms: D001063:Appendiceal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D002276:Carcinoid Tumor / Q000473:pathology*; D002430:Cecal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007078:Ileal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged