title: The carcinoid tumour in Meckel's diverticulum: how to treat young adults with appendicitis?--Case report.
abstract: This case reports the concomitant and unexpected finding of carcinoid tumour within a Meckel's diverticulum presenting as an acute abdomen due to gangrenous appendicitis in a young adult male. Both Meckel's diverticula and carcinoid tumour are rare clinical entities, and carcinoid tumours occurring within a Meckel's diverticulum are even more uncommon. The initial clinical presentation of carcinoid tumours occurring in a Meckel's diverticulum is usually similar to that of appendicle carcinoids.Carcinoid tumours are the most common primary tumour of the small bowel. They resemble appendicle carcinoids to the extent that they are usually small, single, and asymptomatic. Surgical treatment of Meckel's diverticula is recommended procedure. By presenting this case we wished to stress the value of systematic identification and removal of the diverticulum during laparotomy and to underline the importance of exploration the Meckel's diverticulum particularly in case of young adult subjects.
authors.affiliation: University of Rijeka, School of Medicine, Department of Pathology, Rijeka, Croatia.
authors.forename: Sanja
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Stifter
authors.forename: Elvira
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Mustac
authors.forename: Miljenko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lukanović
authors.forename: Silvija
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lukanović
authors.forename: Jurica
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fudurić
authors.forename: Ana Sostarić
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Zadro
authors.forename: Zvonko
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zadro
mesh_terms: D001062:Appendectomy; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D002276:Carcinoid Tumor / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007414:Intestinal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D007813:Laparotomy; D008297:Male; D008467:Meckel Diverticulum / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D055815:Young Adult