Incidental neuroendocrine tumor of the appendiceal base less than20 mm in diameter: is appendectomy enough?

The appendixis the second primary site for neuroendocrine tumors. The management of incidentelly discovered neuroendocrine tumor of the appendiceal base less than 20 mm in diameter is still controversal. The aim of this study was to discuss the management of such tumors. Three patients were operated...

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Autores principales: Sana, Landolsi, Saber, Mannai
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The African Field Epidemiology Network 2015
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Case Series
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4732627/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26848349
http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2015.22.102.6548
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description The appendixis the second primary site for neuroendocrine tumors. The management of incidentelly discovered neuroendocrine tumor of the appendiceal base less than 20 mm in diameter is still controversal. The aim of this study was to discuss the management of such tumors. Three patients were operated on for acute appendicitis. Histopathologic examination of surgery specimens revealed neuroendocrine tumors of the appendiceal base less than 20 mm in diameter. Since no one presented with poor prognostic factors, no complementary right hemicolectomy was performed. No recurrence was observed. The existence of poorprognostic factors at histopathologic examination should indicate complementary right hemicolectomy for incidental neuroendocrine tumor of the appendiceal base less than 20 mm in diameter.
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spelling pubmed-47326272016-02-04 Incidental neuroendocrine tumor of the appendiceal base less than20 mm in diameter: is appendectomy enough? Sana, Landolsi Saber, Mannai Pan Afr Med J Case Series The appendixis the second primary site for neuroendocrine tumors. The management of incidentelly discovered neuroendocrine tumor of the appendiceal base less than 20 mm in diameter is still controversal. The aim of this study was to discuss the management of such tumors. Three patients were operated on for acute appendicitis. Histopathologic examination of surgery specimens revealed neuroendocrine tumors of the appendiceal base less than 20 mm in diameter. Since no one presented with poor prognostic factors, no complementary right hemicolectomy was performed. No recurrence was observed. The existence of poorprognostic factors at histopathologic examination should indicate complementary right hemicolectomy for incidental neuroendocrine tumor of the appendiceal base less than 20 mm in diameter. The African Field Epidemiology Network 2015-10-06 /pmc/articles/PMC4732627/ /pubmed/26848349 http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2015.22.102.6548 Text en © Landolsi Sana et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ The Pan African Medical Journal - ISSN 1937-8688. 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 work is properly cited.
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Incidental neuroendocrine tumor of the appendiceal base less than20 mm in diameter: is appendectomy enough?
title Incidental neuroendocrine tumor of the appendiceal base less than20 mm in diameter: is appendectomy enough?
title_full Incidental neuroendocrine tumor of the appendiceal base less than20 mm in diameter: is appendectomy enough?
title_fullStr Incidental neuroendocrine tumor of the appendiceal base less than20 mm in diameter: is appendectomy enough?
title_full_unstemmed Incidental neuroendocrine tumor of the appendiceal base less than20 mm in diameter: is appendectomy enough?
title_short Incidental neuroendocrine tumor of the appendiceal base less than20 mm in diameter: is appendectomy enough?
title_sort incidental neuroendocrine tumor of the appendiceal base less than20 mm in diameter: is appendectomy enough?
topic Case Series
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4732627/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26848349
http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2015.22.102.6548
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