Prolonged Survival in a Patient with Neuroendocrine Tumor of the Cecum and Diffuse Peritoneal Carcinomatosis

Peritoneal carcinomatosis is a well-known factor of poor prognosis in patients with digestive adenocarcinomas. Peritoneal dissemination may also occur in midgut well-differentiated neuroendocrine tumors, but its influence on survival is ill-defined. We report here the history of a 64-year-old woman...

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Main Authors: Louis de Mestier, Cindy Neuzillet, Olivia Hentic, Reza Kianmanesh, Pascal Hammel, Philippe Ruszniewski
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Karger Publishers 2012-04-01
Series:Case Reports in Gastroenterology
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Online Access:http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/338740