Okoi Nta Obono

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  Case report of a gastrointestinal tumour (carcinoid tumour): A diagnostic delima
  Author(s): Okoi Nta Obono, Theophilus Ugbem Ipeh and Akaba Kingsley*
  
  Background: Carcinoid tumors are rare gastrointestinal malignancies and are slow growing compared with adenocarcinomas. Because they rarely invade the intestinal mucosa, they are extremely difficult to diagnose. The aim of this case report is to emphasize the difficulty in making a clinical diagnosis of this tumor and require a high index of suspension. Method: The case records of a 42-year-old widow who present with a history of intermittent profuse diarrhea for one year. Each episode was trigger by eating either Bananas, pineapple, avocado pears or food containing too much of tomatoes and was diagnosed to have ileal carcinoid tumors on laparotomy. A review of literature was done using med line and manual library search. Results: The patient was admitted in the female ward for 2 days and was treated conservatively with good intravenous fluid of 6 liters of normal .. Read More»
  

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