Open AccessIleal carcinoid
Author(s) -
JM Adotey
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
nigerian journal of medicine/the nigerian journal of medicine
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2667-0526
pISSN - 1115-2613
DOI - 10.4314/njm.v15i3.37244
Subject(s) - medicine , exploratory laparotomy , laparotomy , carcinoid tumors , ascites , surgery , diarrhea , ileum , general surgery , bowel obstruction , carcinoid syndrome , gastroenterology
Gastrointestinal carcinoids are ill understood, enigmatic malignancies which are extremely difficult to diagnose. In spite of their slow growth rate, they can be aggressive. The aim of this report is to present a case of ileal carcinoid which produced a complete intestinal obstruction.