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Carcinoid tumors arising in Meckel's diverticulum

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A carcinoid tumor was found within a Meckel's diverticulum as an incidental finding at autopsy in a 61-year-old Caucasian woman. The tumor showed superficial muscularis invasion in the absence of distant metastases. This case constitutes what is felt to be the thirty-sixth case in the world literature.

An associated congenital malformation was a cardiac atrial septal defect.

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  1. From the Departments of Pathology, Framingham Union Hospital, Framingham, Mass.

    Gil Figueroa M.D. & Luke G. Tedeschi M.D.

  2. Boston University Medical Center, Boston, Mass.

    Gil Figueroa M.D. & Luke G. Tedeschi M.D.

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Figueroa, G., Tedeschi, L.G. Carcinoid tumors arising in Meckel's diverticulum. Digest Dis Sci 12, 1178–1180 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02233887

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