title: Colonic large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma obscured by an initial diagnosis of diverticulitis.
abstract: Large cell neuroendocrine carcinomas are rare and aggressive colorectal malignancies that have a dismal prognosis. We present the following case of a patient who presented with signs and symptoms of diverticulitis. After failure of medical management, surgical intervention revealed a poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma with a component of large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Tulane University Medical Center, New Orleans, USA.
authors.forename: Lya
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Crichlow
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ikemire
authors.forename: Monica
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Goswami
authors.forename: Charles F
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Bellows
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D018287:Carcinoma, Large Cell / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D018278:Carcinoma, Neuroendocrine / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004238:Diverticulitis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011379:Prognosis; D016896:Treatment Outcome