title: Comb sign in intestinal obstruction secondary to desmoplastic reaction due to an ileal neuroendocrine tumor.
abstract: This article report the case of an intestinal obstruction secondary to desmoplastic reaction of an ileum neuroendocrine tumor (NET), that was radiologically diagnosed by the comb sign. This is an infrequent clinical manifestation of NETs, often underdiagnosed, related to local overproduction of serotonin.
authors.affiliation: Cirugía General y del Aparato Digestivo, Hospital Universitario de La Princesa, España.
authors.forename: Marcello
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Di Martino
authors.affiliation: Cirugía General y del Aparato Digestivo, Hospital Universitario de La Princesa, España.
authors.forename: Íñigo
authors.initials: Í
authors.lastname: García Sanz
authors.affiliation: Cirugía General y del Aparato Digestivo, Hospital Universitario de La Princesa, España.
authors.forename: Jose Luis
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Muñoz de Nova
authors.affiliation: Cirugía General y del Aparato Digestivo, Hospital Universitario de La Princesa, España.
authors.forename: Cristina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Marín Campos
authors.affiliation: Cirugía General y del Aparato Digestivo, Hospital Universitario de La Princesa, España.
authors.forename: Elena
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Martín-Pérez
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D007078:Ileal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D018358:Neuroendocrine Tumors / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed