Incidental finding of carcinoid tumor on Meckel’s diverticulum: case report and literature review, should prophylactic resection be recommended?

Meckel’s diverticulum (MD) is the most common congenital anomaly of the gastrointestinal tract and is caused by incomplete obliteration of the vitelline duct during intrauterine life. MD affects less than 2% of the population. In most cases, MD is asymptomatic and the estimated average complication...

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Autores principales: Caracappa, Daniela, Gullà, Nino, Lombardo, Francesco, Burini, Gloria, Castellani, Elisa, Boselli, Carlo, Gemini, Alessandro, Burattini, Maria Federica, Covarelli, Piero, Noya, Giuseppe
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4031372/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24884768
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1477-7819-12-144

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