Carcinoide intestinal múltiple: Análisis de un caso y revisión de la literatura

Small bowel carcinoid tumors are more common in the distal ileum and they are multiple in 30% of cases. The most common clinical manifestation is abdominal pain and the treatment of choice is surgical excision. We report a 63 years old female consulting for abdominal pain. An intestinal transit by c...

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Autores principales: Butte B,Jean Michel, Escobar F,Cyntia, O'Brien S,Andrés, Zúñiga D,Alvaro
Lenguaje:Spanish / Castilian
Publicado: Sociedad Médica de Santiago 2006
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Sumario:Small bowel carcinoid tumors are more common in the distal ileum and they are multiple in 30% of cases. The most common clinical manifestation is abdominal pain and the treatment of choice is surgical excision. We report a 63 years old female consulting for abdominal pain. An intestinal transit by computed axial tomography revealed multiple images compatible with small bowel carcinoid tumors. She had a surgical excision of the involved intestinal segment and the pathological study confirmed the imaging diagnosis. In the follow up, this patients has been asymptomatic