Year 2021 / Volume 113 / Number 4
Letter
Diagnostic yield of the capsule endoscopy and enteroscopy combination for early small bowel carcinoid tumors

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DOI: 10.17235/reed.2020.7262/2020

Carlos Alventosa Mateu, Marisol Luján Sanchis, Carlos Boix Clemente,

Abstract
Small bowel carcinoid tumor is a difficult to diagnose entity that can present an aggressive clinical course even if they are small in size. The diagnosis based on tumor markers and imaging tests is limited, but the combination of capsule endoscopy followed by enteroscopy when the carcinoid tumor is suspected, has been shown to be useful for its early diagnosis, as well as for reaching a thorough study of the small bowel. We present a clinical case of two small synchronous carcinoid tumors of the ilium that were diagnosed by using this strategy.
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Publication history

Received: 14/05/2020

Accepted: 25/05/2020

Online First: 20/11/2020

Published: 07/04/2021

Article Online First time: 190 days

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