title: Primary mesenteric carcinoid tumor.
abstract: Primary mesenteric carcinoid tumor is very rare, although secondary mesenteric involvement is common, reported as 40% to 80%. And distant metastasis rate reported as 80% to 90%, when the size is larger than 2 cm. We present a case of very rare primary mesenteric carcinoid tumor showing benign character though large size. The patient visited St. Vincent's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea with increasing palpable abdominal mass. At laparotomy, a well encapsulated mass arising from the mesentery near the ligament of Treitz was found without any adjacent organ invasion or distant metastasis. The mass was measured as 8.2 × 7.3 cm and histopathologically benign character. At 11 months of follow up, the patient was recurrence free.
authors: Department of Surgery, St. Vincent's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Suwon, Korea.
authors: In-Soo
authors: IS
authors: Park
authors: Bong-Hyeon
authors: BH
authors: Kye
authors: Hyun-Sil
authors: HS
authors: Kim
authors: Hyung-Jin
authors: HJ
authors: Kim
authors: Hyeon-Min
authors: HM
authors: Cho
authors: Changyoung
authors: C
authors: Yoo
authors: Seong Su
authors: SS
authors: Hwang
keywords: Carcinoid tumor; Mesentery; Neoplasms
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