TY - JOUR AU - Bindi, E. AU - Angotti, R. AU - Bulotta, A.L. AU - Sica, M. AU - Cerchia, E. AU - Molinaro, F. AU - Messina, M. PY - 2014/12/31 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - A CASE OF APPENDIX CARCINOID IN A PEDIATRIC PATIENT. A SUBTILE CLINICAL PRESENTATION JF - Journal of the Siena Academy of Sciences JA - J Siena Acad Sci VL - 6 IS - 1 SE - Abstracts of the Annual Scientific Meeting DO - 10.4081/jsas.2014.5886 UR - https://www.pagepressjournals.org/jsas/article/view/5886 SP - AB - 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. ER -