title: [Intestinal neuroendocrine tumor. Case report and review of the literature].
abstract: Gastroenteropancreatic (GEP) neuroendocrine tumors are rare neoplasm and have proved to be slow growing malignancies which involve many organs and most frequently the gastrointestinal tract. They have a peculiary biological behaviour: most of them have endocrine function (carcinoid syndrome); many are clinically silent until late presentation. Symptoms are non specific; the most common are abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting, weight loss and gastrointestinal (GI) blood loss. Incidental carcinoid, discovered at the time of another procedure, occurred in 40% of patients, and in multiple site throughout the GI tract. Here we report a case of a 73-year-old male with an adenomatous colonic polyp, not suitable of endoscopic treatment, and a synchronous carcinoid of small intestine discovered during surgical procedure. Therefore we performed a review of literature with particular attention to diagnosis and strategy of the treatment.
authors.affiliation: Università degli Studi di Milano.
authors.forename: Giancarlo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Micheletto
authors.forename: Ivano
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Sciannamea
authors.forename: Adelinda
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zanoni
authors.forename: Valerio
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Panizzo
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Rubino
authors.forename: Piergiorgio
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Danelli
mesh_terms: D000236:Adenoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D000368:Aged; D002276:Carcinoid Tumor / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D003111:Colonic Polyps / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007078:Ileal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D007813:Laparotomy; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008297:Male; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000175:diagnosis; D011860:Radiography, Abdominal; D012811:Sigmoid Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D013997:Time Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome