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An unusual case of appendicitis due to appendiceal neuroendocrine tumor in a patient: A case report

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    • Tingting Gao
    • Weijue Xu
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    Affiliations: Department of General Surgery, Shanghai Children's Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200000, P.R. China
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Abstract

Appendiceal neuroendocrine tumor (NET) is the most common type of appendiceal cancer and is rare in the pediatric population. The clinical characteristics of this cancer are not specific and are highly similar to those of acute appendicitis. By contrast, acute appendicitis is a common surgical indication that is caused by obstruction of the appendix lumen. With a detection rate of 0.5‑1% in all appendectomy specimens, appendiceal NET is rare histopathologically and can easily be missed. However, detecting an appendiceal NET in a patient with appendicitis is highly difficult. Therefore, clinicians must be aware of this much under‑reported and rare tumor in children. In the present report, a case was reported, of a 13‑year‑old female child who initially presented with clinical presentation of acute appendicitis, but was subsequently diagnosed with appendiceal NET by histopathological examination after an emergency appendectomy. Follow‑up examination including abdominal enhanced CT and enteroscopy 2 years after surgery revealed normal results.
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Gao T and Xu W: An unusual case of appendicitis due to appendiceal neuroendocrine tumor in a patient: A case report. Exp Ther Med 24: 531, 2022.
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Gao, T., & Xu, W. (2022). An unusual case of appendicitis due to appendiceal neuroendocrine tumor in a patient: A case report. Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine, 24, 531. https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2022.11458
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Gao, T., Xu, W."An unusual case of appendicitis due to appendiceal neuroendocrine tumor in a patient: A case report". Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine 24.2 (2022): 531.
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Gao, T., Xu, W."An unusual case of appendicitis due to appendiceal neuroendocrine tumor in a patient: A case report". Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine 24, no. 2 (2022): 531. https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2022.11458
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Gao T and Xu W: An unusual case of appendicitis due to appendiceal neuroendocrine tumor in a patient: A case report. Exp Ther Med 24: 531, 2022.
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Gao, T., & Xu, W. (2022). An unusual case of appendicitis due to appendiceal neuroendocrine tumor in a patient: A case report. Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine, 24, 531. https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2022.11458
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Gao, T., Xu, W."An unusual case of appendicitis due to appendiceal neuroendocrine tumor in a patient: A case report". Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine 24.2 (2022): 531.
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Gao, T., Xu, W."An unusual case of appendicitis due to appendiceal neuroendocrine tumor in a patient: A case report". Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine 24, no. 2 (2022): 531. https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2022.11458
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