Currarino triad: A case report of a 48-year-old patient with a neuroendocrine tumor

Currarino triad is a rare syndrome, with less than 250 cases reported, and it includes a combination of sacrococcigeal bony abnormalities, anorectal malformations and the presence of a presacral mass. Here we present a case of a 48-year-old male patient with history of severe chronic constipation, w...

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Autores principales: Rebelo, João, Marques, Ana, Vilares, Teresa, Silva, Nuno, Silva, Roberto, Cunha, Rui, Madureira, António
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2020
Materias:
Gastrointestinal
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7341113/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32670459
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2020.06.039
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Sumario:Currarino triad is a rare syndrome, with less than 250 cases reported, and it includes a combination of sacrococcigeal bony abnormalities, anorectal malformations and the presence of a presacral mass. Here we present a case of a 48-year-old male patient with history of severe chronic constipation, who was incidentally diagnosed with a presacral during imagiological investigation, which was histologically proven to be a neurendocrine tumor.

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