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Association between neuroendocrine tumor of the ileum and two colonic primary malignancies. A case report and review of literature.
Annali italiani di chirurgia - 4 Oct 2017
Napolitano Luca, D'Alessandro Valentina, Risio Domenico, Marinelli Camilla, Cianci Roberta, Innocenti Paolo
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BACKGROUND: A high rate of association between neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) and secondary primary malignancy (SPM) has been described in literature and this association can occur either in a synchronous or a metachronous presentation. A wide range of hypothesis has been postulated to explain the high rate of association between NETs and SPM, without definitive conclusions. CASE PRESENTATION: We report a case of...
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