title: A rare pathological trinity: an appendiceal ectopic pregnancy, acute appendicitis and a carcinoid tumour.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  We present a case of a 27-year-old woman who was found to have an appendiceal ectopic pregnancy, a carcinoid tumour of the appendix and acute appendicitis existing concurrently. This triad of pathology has never been reported previously.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This case highlights the importance of performing a pregnancy test in all women of childbearing age presenting with acute abdominal pain and also the need to consider other diagnoses that may mimic or present concurrently with acute appendicitis.
authors.affiliation: Mid-Ulster Hospital, 59 Hospital Road, Magherafelt BT45 5EX, UK. rjthompson@doctors.org.uk
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Thompson
authors.forename: M J G
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Hawe
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001062:Appendectomy; D001063:Appendiceal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D001065:Appendix; D002276:Carcinoid Tumor / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011271:Pregnancy, Ectopic / Q000601:surgery