@article{Bindi_Angotti_Bulotta_Sica_Cerchia_Molinaro_Messina_2014, title={A CASE OF APPENDIX CARCINOID IN A PEDIATRIC PATIENT. A SUBTILE CLINICAL PRESENTATION}, volume={6}, url={https://www.pagepressjournals.org/jsas/article/view/5886}, DOI={10.4081/jsas.2014.5886}, abstractNote={The appendix carcinoid, although rare (with an incidence of 0,08%), is the more frequent gastrointestinal tumor in children and teen. In most cases these tumors cannot be diagnosed or they can be incidentally found during a surgical exploration for acute abdomen. Only in few cases there are symptoms of a carcinoid’s syndrome (flushing, diarrhea and wheezing). In this work we present the manegement of a patient with an appendix carcinoid revealed during an appendicectomy performed for a peritonitis caused by a perforated appendicitis, underlining the importance of diagnosis and long term follow-up.}, number={1}, journal={Journal of the Siena Academy of Sciences}, author={Bindi, E. and Angotti, R. and Bulotta, A.L. and Sica, M. and Cerchia, E. and Molinaro, F. and Messina, M.}, year={2014}, month={Dec.} }