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* Shebani KO, Souba WW, Finkelstein DM, Stark PC, Elgadi KM, Tanabe KK, Ott MJ.  [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10363895 Prognosis and survival in patients with gastrointestinal tract carcinoid tumors].  ''Ann Surg'' 1999 Jun;229(6):815-21; discussion 822-3.
  
 
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Clinical Summary[edit]

This 58-year-old male experienced increasing diarrhea (up to 10-12 yellow watery stools per day) over the year prior to admission. During this period he experienced a weight loss of 40 pounds. A laparotomy was performed after a careful workup.

Autopsy Findings[edit]

The operative specimen consisted of 12 cm of distal ileum, appendix, cecum and 50 cm of colon. The ileum was mildly dilated and its wall hypertrophied. On opening the bowel there was a 4.5 x 3 x 3-cm elliptical submucosal mass at the ileocecal valve; this had produced partial obstruction. Several small (2 mm) submucosal masses were found in the cecum nearby. On cut section each lesion was found to be firm, gray-tan and homogeneous involving the muscular wall of the bowel and adjacent mesentery. The appendix and colon showed no lesions.

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