Carcinoid Tumor of the Small Intestine Occurring with Foreign Body-Induced Ileus

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  • 食餌性イレウスで発症した小腸カルチノイド腫瘍の1例
  • : A Case Report

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A 91-year-old woman was admitted for pneumonia and heart failure to a local hospital and was transferred to our hospital because of vomiting. Computed tomography (CT) showed a high-density lesion in the right lower abdomen. Based on a diagnosis of pit-induced ileus, we started to treat the patient with an ileus tube. Three days later, abdominal CT showed a plum pit at almost the same site. After recovery from the ileus, we operated and found a tumor 40 cm oral from the ileocecal valve, containing a plum pit. We resected the small intestine along with the hard atrophied appendix. Pathological examination revealed that both the ileal tumor and the appendix were carcinoid. This is the first case of a foreign body-induced ileus occurring with an ileal carcinoid tumor.

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