The perforated appendiceal carcinoid in children: a surgical dilemma.

Abhishek Mathur, Thora S Steffensen, Charles N Paidas, Patricia Ogera, Mark L Kayton

Division of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, The University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine, Tampa, FL 33606, USA.

Journal of pediatric surgery 2012 Jun

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The decision for aggressive reoperation after discovery of an appendiceal carcinoid is generally based upon criteria such as size, grade, degree of involvement of the mesoappendix or the appendiceal base, lymphovascular invasion, and the presence of goblet cell or adenocarcinoid features. No guidelines currently exist for the management of perforated appendiceal carcinoids. We present a case of perforated appendiceal carcinoid that was subsequently treated with right hemicolectomy, and we review the pertinent literature. Copyright © 2012 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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Abhishek Mathur, Thora S Steffensen, Charles N Paidas, Patricia Ogera, Mark L Kayton. The perforated appendiceal carcinoid in children: a surgical dilemma. Journal of pediatric surgery. 2012 Jun;47(6):1155-8