Tumor carcinóide do reto / Carcinoid tumor of the rectum
Rev. Col. Bras. Cir
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28(2): 156-8, mar.-abr. 2001.
Artigo
em Português
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RESUMO
The rectum is the second most common location of the carcinoid tumors of the gastrointestinal tract. It represents approximately one or two per cent of the rectal neoplasms. Metastases are less frequent and it presents a better prognosis than carcinoid tumors found in the digestive tract. Treatment is surgical and the technique to be used depends fundamentally on the size of the tumor and the degree of in the intestinal wall penetration. Lesions which are greater than one centimeter have been treated with local excision, while the ones greater than two centimeters have been submitted to a radical resection. This article presents a case of rectal carcinoid diagnosed and treated initially as adenocarcinoma by abdominal rectossigmoidectomy. There were no signs of recurrence after a period of five years and six months of post-surgical follow-up. Nowadays the validity of radical resection in the treatment of rectal carcinoids has been much questioned due to the fact that it has not shown a significant raise in survival rate when compared with patients who were submitted to a local resection
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Índice:
LILACS (Américas)
Assunto principal:
Neoplasias Retais
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Tumor Carcinoide
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo diagnóstico
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Estudo prognóstico
Limite:
Humanos
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Masculino
Idioma:
Português
Revista:
Rev. Col. Bras. Cir
Assunto da revista:
Cirurgia Geral
Ano de publicação:
2001
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
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