Tumor carcinoide apendicular. A propósito de un caso
- B. Toledo del Castillo
- M.J. Solana García
- J. Pérez Moreno
- María del Mar Tolín Hernani
- Guillermo Álvarez Calatayud
- César Sánchez Sánchez
ISSN: 0001-6640
Year of publication: 2013
Volume: 71
Issue: 7
Pages: 195-198
Type: Article
More publications in: Acta pediátrica española
Abstract
Carcinoid tumors derive from neuroendocrine cells at different anatomic locations (although they are most commonly found at the gastrointestinal tract, pancreas and bronchial airway) and are the most common gastrointestinal endocrine tumors, of which they represent 75%; being also the most common gastrointestinal malignant tumour in children. Diagnosis is often incidental (in around 0.3 to 0.9% of appendectomies, and less common in children). We report the case of a carcinoid tumor in a pediatric patient aged 12 years, providing aswell a review of this pathology.