Martínez NJ, Fumero RL, Martínez NVY, Izquierdo RE

Language: Spanish
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ABSTRACT

Carcinoids are neuro-endocrine tumors of low incidence in the general population. Appendix carcinoid tumors may present asymptomatically, which are discovered in biopsies of the surgical pieces of appendectomies. In other cases the usual manifestation of these tumors is the acute inflammatory process of the caecal appendix, so the concluding diagnosis is only known with the histo-pathological report. A 15 year old case of carcinoid tumor of the appendix body diagnosed in this adolescent who was performed a surgery due to suspicion of acute appendicitis. The interest of this case presentation is related to its infrequent presentation in adolescence so as its location in body or middle third medium of the organ.