Difference between revisions of "Neuroendocrine tumour of the appendix"

Neuroendocrine tumour of the appendix (view source)

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 *<1.0 cm - do not metastasize.
 *1.0-2.0 cm - rarely metastasize.
+Management:
+*Simple resection, e.g. appendectomy, sufficient for most tumours <2 cm.<ref>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Nussbaum | first1 = DP. | last2 = Speicher | first2 = PJ. | last3 = Gulack | first3 = BC. | last4 = Keenan | first4 = JE. | last5 = Ganapathi | first5 = AM. | last6 = Englum | first6 = BR. | last7 = Tyler | first7 = DS. | last8 = Blazer | first8 = DG. | title = Management of 1- to 2-cm Carcinoid Tumors of the Appendix: Using the National Cancer Data Base to Address Controversies in General Surgery. | journal = J Am Coll Surg | volume = 220 | issue = 5 | pages = 894-903 | month = May | year = 2015 | doi = 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2015.01.005 | PMID = 25840530 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Fornaro | first1 = R. | last2 = Frascio | first2 = M. | last3 = Sticchi | first3 = C. | last4 = De Salvo | first4 = L. | last5 = Stabilini | first5 = C. | last6 = Mandolfino | first6 = F. | last7 = Ricci | first7 = B. | last8 = Gianetta | first8 = E. | title = Appendectomy or right hemicolectomy in the treatment of appendiceal carcinoid tumors? | journal = Tumori | volume = 93 | issue = 6 | pages = 587-90 | month =  | year =  | doi =  | PMID = 18338494 }}</ref>
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