Carcinoid Tumor of the Cecal Appendix.
appendectomy
appendicitis
carcinoid tumor
cecal appendix
pathology
Journal
Cureus
ISSN: 2168-8184
Titre abrégé: Cureus
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101596737
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Oct 2022
Oct 2022
Historique:
accepted:
28
10
2022
entrez:
30
11
2022
pubmed:
1
12
2022
medline:
1
12
2022
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Cecal appendix tumors are unusual and have a low frequency of presentation, which is reported between 0.2 and 0.5% of all digestive tract tumors. From the mentioned tumors, the carcinoid ones are the most common neoplasms of the cecal appendix and are characterized in most cases by slow growth and an asymptomatic clinical course. However, in some cases, they can present as a metastatic disease with fatal outcomes. We report the case of a 24-year-old female patient with a typical case of acute appendicitis, in whom an additional diagnosis of a carcinoid tumor is obtained upon receipt of the pathology report. The prognosis of appendicular carcinoid tumors is good, with a five-year survival rate of 95%-100% and a recurrence rate of less than 1%.
Identifiants
pubmed: 36447686
doi: 10.7759/cureus.30793
pmc: PMC9701446
doi:
Types de publication
Case Reports
Langues
eng
Pagination
e30793Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2022, Salirrosas Roncal et al.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
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