Presentation
CT staging after colonoscopy and ileocaecal biopsy.
Patient Data
Age: 75 years
Gender: Female
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Large lesions in the right hepatic lobe, predominantly hypervascular with central areas of necrosis. Hypervascular solid lesions involving internal intestinal walls in the region of the ileocaecal valve.
From the case:
Terminal ileum carcinoid tumour with hepatic metastasis
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Note that the caecal wall is surrounded by two sides.
Case Discussion
The histopathological diagnosis confirmed the carcinoid tumour.
Carcinoid tumours are neuroendocrine neoplasms of diffuse cellular system, and nowadays the term neuroendocrine tumour has been proposed for this entity 1.
Diagnosis is made at the mean age of 50 years. The most frequent locations of carcinoid tumours are the gastrointestinal tract (73.7%) and respiratory system (25.1%) 1.
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