title: Study of clinical-morphological correlations in carcinoid tumors of the colon.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The incidence of carcinoid tumors of the digestive tract increased in the last 30 years. The aim of the study is to find clinical and morphologic correlations in cases with digestive carcinoid tumors.
  
  
  METHODS
  A retrospective study on 76 cases with digestive carcinoid tumors divided in five groups according to their location on the segments of the digestive tract.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The subgroup of colon carcinoid is analyzed and clinical-morphological correlations are obtained between the demographic data of the patients (age, gender and environment), tumor location, clinical expression and morphologic features.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Due to the newly discovered techniques of investigation, the incidence of digestive carcinoid tumors has risen in association with other pathologies for which we make these investigations.
authors.affiliation: Hippocrat Clinic, Bucharest, Romania.
authors.forename: Carmen Adina
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Petcu
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Surlin
authors.forename: Fl
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bogdan
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002276:Carcinoid Tumor / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D002648:Child; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D055815:Young Adult