Carcinoid tumors of the appendix in children: Experience from a tertiary center in Northern Greece

Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 622-625

  Hatzipantelis, Emmanouil ^a   Panagopoulou, Paraskevi ^a   Sidi Fragandrea, Vasiliki ^a   Fragandrea, Ioanna ^b   Koliouskas, Dimitrios E ^a  

^a Aristotle University of Thessaloniki   (Greece)

^b Agios Savvas Anticancer Institute   (Greece)

Author keywords

abdominal pain; appendix; carcinoid tumor; children; Greece; retrospective study

Indexed keywords

5 HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; PENTETREOTIDE IN 111; TECHNETIUM 99M;

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDIX CARCINOID; APPENDIX PERFORATION; APPENDIX TUMOR; ARTICLE; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CANCER STAGING; CARCINOID; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GREECE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME; URINE LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICEAL NEOPLASMS; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX; CARCINOID TUMOR; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 78149280762     PISSN: 02772116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MPG.0b013e3181e05358     Document Type: Article

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