Report of Two First-Degree Relatives with Appendix Carcinoid and Review of the Literature

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Introduction: Appendix endocrine tumors have an incidence of 2-3 patient/millon/year. They are more common in women, diagnosed incidentally during appendectomies.

Aim(s): Report of two first-degree relatives with well-differentiated endocrine tumors (WDET) of appendix.

Materials and methods: Retrospective analysis of medical records and literature review.

Conference: 8th Annual ENETSConcerence (2011)

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Authors: OConnor J, Pesce V, Bestani C, Cabanne A, Domenichini E,

Keywords: well-differentiated endocrine tumors of appendix, endocrine tumor of the appendix ,