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Carcinoid abdominal crisis: A case report
Author(s) -
Jacobs Ramon E.A.,
Bai Shuting,
Hindman Nicole,
Shah Paresh C.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of surgical oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.201
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1096-9098
pISSN - 0022-4790
DOI - 10.1002/jso.23650
Subject(s) - medicine , abdominal pain , carcinoid syndrome , diarrhea , midgut , constriction , incidence (geometry) , neuroendocrine tumour , neuroendocrine tumors , gastroenterology , surgery , botany , physics , larva , optics , biology
Over the past 40 years, the incidence of neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) has been increasing. Distal small bowel (i.e., midgut) NETs most often cause carcinoid syndrome manifested as cutaneous flushing, diarrhea, bronchial constriction, and cardiac involvement. Carcinoid abdominal crisis occurs when submucosal tumors impede the vascular supply to the gut leading to mesenteric ischemia and worsening abdominal pain. Here, we report the case of a young woman with progressively worsening abdominal pain. J. Surg. Oncol. 2014 110:348–351 . © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.