Intestinal occlusion caused by cecal carcinoid

Barone, G.; Iacobone, M.; Fersini, A.; Errico, E.; Lattarulo, S.; Ambrosi, A.; Fabiano, G.; Favia, G.; Maiorano, E.; Barone, G; Iacobone, M; Fersini, A; Errico, E; Lattarulo, S; Ambrosi, A; Fabiano, G; Favia, G; Maiorano, E

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Intestinal occlusion caused by cecal carcinoid

Barone, G.; Iacobone, M.; Fersini, A.; Errico, E.; Lattarulo, S.; Ambrosi, A.; Fabiano, G.; Favia, G.; Maiorano, E.

Annali Italiani di Chirurgia 67(2) 271-275; Discussion: 275-276

1996

ISSN/ISBN: 0003-469X

PMID: 8929045

Document Number: 457088

It is possible that carcinoids present themselves by a surgical emergency, without a <>. For these reasons, whenever a rational treatment is requested, an intraoperative diagnosis should be performed. In fact these neoplasms--owing to a less intense aggressiveness--present more indications to undergo surgery. In fact the authors report a case of caecum carcinoid characterized by the lack of typical symptoms of the homonymous syndrome. Urgent surgery was performed because of intestinal occlusion; the ileocaecal valve involvement caused the necessity of a large ileocolic resection with a L-L ileo-transverse anastomosis. The diagnosis of carcinoid was revealed only by the definitive histopathological examination.