title: Duodenal carcinoid: a rare cause of melaena in a cirrhotic patient.
abstract: Small intestinal neuroendocrine tumours are relatively rare. Laboratory tests and diagnostic imaging are of help in diagnosis. Surgical resection is the standard approach. Metastatic disease has a poor prognosis. These are indolent tumours and hence role of chemotherapy is limited. Radionuclide and biological therapies are emerging. We report a 29-year-old man presenting with melaena and diagnosed as having a neuroendocrine tumour of the duodenum together with liver cirrhosis. Standard Whipple's procedure was done and he is doing well at follow-up.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, HPB and Liver Transplant Unit, National University Hospital, Singapore 119074.
authors.forename: V G
authors.initials: VG
authors.lastname: Shelat
authors.forename: R K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Diddapur