Carcinoid tumor of appendix: Case Report

Authors

  • Vijay P Agrawal Assistant Professor, Dept. of general surgery, NKPSIMS, LMH, Nagpur
  • Nitin Wasnik Department of General Surgery, NKPSIMS, Nagpur
  • Jitendra Yede Department of General Surgery, NKPSIMS, Nagpur
  • Arpit Gupta Department of General Surgery, NKPSIMS, Nagpur
  • Gaurav G Department of Pathology, NKPSIMS, Nagpur

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7439/ijbr.v5i10.797

Keywords:

PDPH, CSF, dural puncture, headache, caffeine, epidural blood patch

Abstract

Carcinoid tumor of appendix is rare and usually detected incidentally in appendectomy, it is considered the most common type of appendiceal primary malignant lesion, and is found in 0.3%-0.9% of patients undergoing appendicectomy. We present a case of 25 year old female diagnosed with carcinoid appendix.

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Author Biography

  • Vijay P Agrawal, Assistant Professor, Dept. of general surgery, NKPSIMS, LMH, Nagpur
    Assistant Professor, Department of General surgery, NKPSIMS, LMH, Nagpur

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Published

2014-10-30

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Case Report

How to Cite

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Carcinoid tumor of appendix: Case Report. Int Jour of Biomed Res [Internet]. 2014 Oct. 30 [cited 2024 Oct. 18];5(10):655-6. Available from: https://ssjournals.co.in/index.php/ijbr/article/view/1098

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