Ann Surg Case Rep | Volume 1, Issue 1 | Case Report | Open Access

Carcinoid Tumor on Ileo-Anal Pouch

Constantinos Parpounas¹, Brian Richards¹, Georgios, Kourounis¹, Christiana Poullou², Paris Tekkis³ and Chrysanthos Georgiou^1*

¹Department of General Surgery, Nicosia General Hospital, Cyprus
²Department of Histopathology, Nicosia General Hospital, Cyprus
³Department of Surgery and Cancer, Royal Marsden Hospital, United Kingdom

^*Correspondance to: Chrysanthos Georgiou 

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Abstract

Carcinoid tumors are uncommon, slow growing neuroendocrine tumors. They can occur in any organ of the body but can be frequently seen affecting the gastrointestinal tract with primary sites being the rectum, small intestine and appendix. Patients are typically asymptomatic until an advanced stage of the disease. Surgical resection has been shown to improve prognosis and is the mainstay of treatment. We present an asymptomatic 34-year-old male with a previous subtotal colectomy, due to ulcerative colitis, presented with findings of malignant changes in his J-pouch as witnessed on regular follow-up colonoscopy.

Keywords:

J-pouch; Carcinoid tumor; Inflammatory bowel disease

Citation:

Parpounas C, Richards B, Kourounis G, Poullou C, Tekkis P, Georgiou C. Carcinoid Tumor on Ileo-Anal Pouch. Ann Surg Case Rep. 2018; 1(1): 1002.