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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Main Authors: Sreevathsa Maddibande Ramachar, Nishchit Hegde
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: JCDR Research and Publications Private Limited 2015-11-01
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