Appendiceal carcinoid tumor with lymph node metastasis in a child: Case report and review of the literature

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2010, Pages

  Cernaianu, Grigore ^a   Tannapfel, Andrea ^b   Nounla, Joseph ^c   Gonzalez Vasquez, Roberto ^a   Wiesel, Thomas ^d   Tröbs, Ralf Bodo ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^c Surgical Group Practice   (Germany)

^d Vestische Kinder und Jugendklinik Datteln   (Germany)

Author keywords

Appendix carcinoid; Children; Lymph node metastasis; Prognosis; Right hemicolectomy

Indexed keywords

5 HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; CHROMOGRANIN A; INDIUM 111; NEURON SPECIFIC ENOLASE; PROTHROMBIN; SEROTONIN; TUMOR MARKER;

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICEAL CARCINOID; APPENDIX CANCER; ARTICLE; CANCER INFILTRATION; CANCER INVASION; CARCINOID; CASE REPORT; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; MESENTERY; MESENTERY LYMPH NODE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SCINTIGRAPHY; URINALYSIS;

EID: 78049467269     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2010.07.025     Document Type: Article

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