The association between Crohn’s disease and adenocarcinoma of the small intestine has been established, but the relation between Crohn’s and carcinoid tumours remains uncertain, although the diagnosis of carcinoid tumours has significantly increased in the last years. We describe four cases of carcinoid tumour diagnosed in patients with Crohn’s disease followed at our IBD outpatients’ clinic
Four cases of carcinoid tumour in Crohn's disease: coincidence or correlation? / Chiara Praticò; Fernando Rizzello; Giulia Spuri Fornarini; Andrea Calafiore; Carlo Calabrese; Massimo Campieri; Paola Tomassetti; Paolo Gionchetti. - In: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COLORECTAL DISEASE. - ISSN 0179-1958. - STAMPA. - 28:12(2013), pp. 1743-1745. [10.1007/s00384-013-1732-7]
Four cases of carcinoid tumour in Crohn's disease: coincidence or correlation?
RIZZELLO, FERNANDO;CALAFIORE, ANDREA;CALABRESE, CARLO;CAMPIERI, MASSIMO;TOMASSETTI, PAOLA;GIONCHETTI, PAOLO
2013
Abstract
The association between Crohn’s disease and adenocarcinoma of the small intestine has been established, but the relation between Crohn’s and carcinoid tumours remains uncertain, although the diagnosis of carcinoid tumours has significantly increased in the last years. We describe four cases of carcinoid tumour diagnosed in patients with Crohn’s disease followed at our IBD outpatients’ clinicI documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
