Incidental Detection and Management of a Neuroendocrine Carcinoid Tumor of the Appendix in a Young Male Patient

The case presented is of a male patient in his 20s who initially underwent an appendectomy for suspected acute appendicitis. However, histopathological examination revealed the unexpected diagnosis of a neuroendocrine carcinoid tumor of the appendix. A subsequent right hemicolectomy was performed fo...

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Autor principal: Turaga, Anjani H
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
Materias:
Gastroenterology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10541236/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37779738
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.44386
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spelling pubmed-105412362023-10-01 Incidental Detection and Management of a Neuroendocrine Carcinoid Tumor of the Appendix in a Young Male Patient Turaga, Anjani H Cureus Gastroenterology The case presented is of a male patient in his 20s who initially underwent an appendectomy for suspected acute appendicitis. However, histopathological examination revealed the unexpected diagnosis of a neuroendocrine carcinoid tumor of the appendix. A subsequent right hemicolectomy was performed for complete tumor removal. Cureus 2023-08-30 /pmc/articles/PMC10541236/ /pubmed/37779738 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.44386 Text en Copyright © 2023, Turaga et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
spellingShingle Gastroenterology
Turaga, Anjani H
Incidental Detection and Management of a Neuroendocrine Carcinoid Tumor of the Appendix in a Young Male Patient
title Incidental Detection and Management of a Neuroendocrine Carcinoid Tumor of the Appendix in a Young Male Patient
title_full Incidental Detection and Management of a Neuroendocrine Carcinoid Tumor of the Appendix in a Young Male Patient
title_fullStr Incidental Detection and Management of a Neuroendocrine Carcinoid Tumor of the Appendix in a Young Male Patient
title_full_unstemmed Incidental Detection and Management of a Neuroendocrine Carcinoid Tumor of the Appendix in a Young Male Patient
title_short Incidental Detection and Management of a Neuroendocrine Carcinoid Tumor of the Appendix in a Young Male Patient
title_sort incidental detection and management of a neuroendocrine carcinoid tumor of the appendix in a young male patient
topic Gastroenterology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10541236/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37779738
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.44386
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