Ileal Ischaemic Necrosis due to Metastatic Mesenteric Carcinoid
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Correspondence
Dr. K Mamatha,
Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, Shri B M Patil Medical College and Hospital, BLDE University, Vijayapura-586103, Karnataka, India.
E-mail: mamatha.k@bldeuniversity.ac.in
Carcinoid tumours are the rare tumours arising from neuroendocrine cells. These tumours are relatively slow growing and may be clinically apparent only after a metastatic spread or evidence of Carcinoid syndrome. Rarely, these tumours may cause ischaemic necrosis in the non-neoplastic small intestine due to elastic vascular sclerosis of the mesenteric vessels. Here, authors present a case of metastatic mesenteric Carcinoid associated with ischaemic necrosis of the ileum.