Carcinoid tumor of the duodenum: a rare and interesting incidental finding
Keywords:
tumores neuroendocrinos gastrointestinales, tumor carcinoide de duodeno, cromogranina.Abstract
Background: duodenal carcinoid tumor is rare; it represents 2% of gastrointestinal neuroendocrine tumors. Therefore, a case of this is presented, recently diagnosed at the Joaquín Albarrán Clinical Surgical Hospital in Havana.
Objective: to report a case of carcinoid tumor of the duodenum and review the literature with emphasis on the histopathological diagnosis.
Clinical case: 86-year-old male patient who died on the fifth day after admission. At autopsy, during the macroscopic examination of the intestines, a lesion was revealed at the level of the first portion of the duodenum which, due to its histopathology, corresponded to a carcinoid tumor of the duodenum.
Conclusions: duodenal carcinoid is a rare tumor whose endoscopic or histological diagnosis is made incidentally in the vast majority of cases; it is generally associated with a benign progression, although endoscopic removal of tumors smaller than 1 cm without periampullary location or evidence of invasion of the muscular layer is recommended, evaluated by histology or endoscopic ultrasound.
DeCS: CARCINOID TUMOR/diagnosis; DUODENUM/pathology; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; CASE REPORTS; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMORS/diagnosis.
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