Intestinal ischemia due to vascular elastosis caused by metastasizing carcinoid tumor of Meckel's diverticulum
- 1 October 1985
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Diseases of the Colon & Rectum
- Vol. 28 (10) , 746-748
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02560297
Abstract
A case of a carcinoid tumor arising in a Meckel's diverticulum is reported. By the time of detection, the tumor had spread to the mesentery causing ischemia of the small intestine due to the associated vascular elastosis.Keywords
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