Case Report · pages 185
Ileal Carcinoid Tumor mimicking Carcinoma Cecum
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Mohinder Singh, Kuldip Singh, Shruti Patel, Sharad Pandey, Saurabh Jindal. Ileal Carcinoid Tumor mimicking Carcinoma Cecum. J Int Med Sci Acad. 2011;24(4):185.
Opening of the article
We report a 28-year old female admitted to the surgical ward with pain and lump in right lower abdomen; on careful examination and inhertigation a presumptive diagnosis of carcinoma caecum was made. A standard right hemicolectomy was done. However, the histopathalogical report demonstrated carcinoid tumor in the ileum with free resection margins. Immunohistochemistery confirmed the diagnosis of carcinoid tumor ileum.
Keywords
Carcinoid tumors, carcinoid syndrome, 5HIAA