Small Bowel Carcinoids: A Single Surgeon’s Experience in Southern India
Introduction: Small bowel carcinoid tumours are indolent neuroendocrine tumours usually seen in the 6th and 7th decades. Most often, they are silent with non-specific symptoms. They generate serotonin, provoking a desmoplastic reaction in the mesentery leading to bowel ischemia and obstruction....
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Language: | English |
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JCDR Research and Publications Private Limited
2015-11-01
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Series: | Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research |
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Online Access: | https://jcdr.net/articles/PDF/6737/13144_CE(RA1)_F(T)_PF1(EKAK)_PFA(AK)_PF2(PAG).pdf |