Neuroendocrine tumors of the gastroenteric canal. Anatomopathological and diagnostic-therapeutic definition. Description of a case with a rare cecal localisation
Bononi, M.; De Cesare, A.; Atella, F.; Angelini, M.; Graziano, P.; Piat, G.
Panminerva Medica 40(2): 146-153
1998
ISSN/ISBN: 0031-0808 PMID: 9689837 Document Number: 497195
The authors take the case of a neuroendocrine tumour of the cecum as the starting point for an analysis of the anatomopathological and diagnostic-therapeutic aspects of these neoplasms. Furthermore, the authors underline that neuroendocrine tumours (NET) of the colon represent an extremely rare nosological entity and that they are heterogeneous from a clinical and biochemical point of view, thus making a reliable preoperative diagnosis a problem that is still difficult to resolve today.