Carcinoid tumour of appendix in a child: A rare case at an uncommon site

Carcinoid tumour of appendix in a child: A rare case at an uncommon site

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Carcinoid tumours of the appendix are uncommon incidentally detected tumours during histopathological examination following appendicectomy for acute appendicitis.Even though considered rare in children, they are the most frequently encountered tumours of the gastrointestinal tract.To our knowledge, carcinoid tumour of appendix in Pans childhood has not yet been reported from Indian Subcontinent.The clinical presentation is similar to acute appendicitis and the signs and symptoms of carcinoid syndrome have not been reported in children.The prognosis of carcinoid tumour of appendix is excellent in children as the tumour 20m Coaxial is generally small in size and less aggressive with no metastasis.

Simple appendicectomy is curative in most of the patients and long term follow up is debatable.We present here a case of carcinoid tumour of the body of appendix, which is an uncommon location in a 6-year-old child.