title: Jejunal Carcinoid Tumors Presenting as Small Bowel Obstruction.
abstract: Carcinoid tumors are the most common form of gut neuroendocrine tumors, however, they rarely present with small bowel obstruction. We present a case of a 65-year-old woman without prior abdominal operations who presented with symptoms of small bowel obstruction. Computed tomography (CT) showed multiple air fluid levels and a transition point in the left mesentery with two soft tissue densities at the same level. The patient was taken to the operating room for surgical exploration, which showed two intramural masses in the mid and distal jejunum, which surgical pathology showed to be stage IIIB carcinoid tumor.
authors.affiliation: Mallinckrodt Institute of radiology.
authors.forename: David H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Ballard
authors.affiliation: Johns Hopkins Hospital.
authors.forename: Ryan B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Fransman
authors.affiliation: Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in Shreveport, LA.
authors.forename: Guillermo P
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Sangster
authors.affiliation: Ochsner Clinic Foundation.
authors.forename: Matthew
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ayo
authors.affiliation: Assistant Professor - Trauma, Acute Care Surgery and Surgical Critical Care at LSU Health - Shreveport
authors.forename: Navdeep S
authors.initials: NS
authors.lastname: Samra
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002276:Carcinoid Tumor / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007414:Intestinal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D007580:Jejunal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods