Large carcinoid tumor of the appendix during pregnancy.
Korkontzelos I, Papanicolaou S, Tsimoyiannis I, Kitsiou E, Stefos T, Tsanadis G, Antoniou N
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, District General Hospital of Ioannina "G. Chatzikosta", Alexandrou Drakou 2, 45221 Ioannina, Greece. ikorkont@hol.gr
Diagnosis of acute appendicitis is considered more difficult in pregnant than in non-pregnant women. The appendicial carcinoid tumor is a lesion that most frequently is discovered incidentally in the removed organ. We report a rare case of an unruptured acute appendicitis during pregnancy, which proved to be a large carcinoid tumor.
Published 17 January 2005 in Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol, 118(2): 255-7.
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