Carcinoid tumour of the kidney in a Chinese woman presenting with loin pain.

Title Carcinoid tumour of the kidney in a Chinese woman presenting with loin pain

Small bowel obstruction by a terminal ileum carcinoid tumor: a case report

Abstract Carcinoid tumors are well differentiated neuroendocrine tumors with secretory components. These tumors are uncommon but the most common primary tumors of the distal small intestine. We present a rare terminal ileum carcinoid tumor presenting with a small bowel obstruction. A 65 years old man presented with intermittent, gen-eralized, dull and colicky abdominal pain accompanied with int...

Heart Carcinoid Disease with Patent Foramen Ovale Treated by Mini Sternotomy

This case report was an attempt to present the importance of diagnostic echocardiography and closure of a patent foramen ovale in carcinoid heart disease. Herein, we present a case of a 48-year-old woman with a carcinoid metastasis presenting with tricuspid regurgitation, pulmonic stenosis, patent foramen ovale, and borderline left ventricular ejection fraction on an echocardiogram. Surgical in...

A 42 Year Old Female with Pyonephrosis and Multiple Subcapsular Abscesses: Saving a Threatened Kidney

Objective: The following report entails how the use of appropriate treatment and imaging leads to an excellent outcome. This description of dealing with a threatened kidney delineates the importance of critical thinking and application of least invasive techniques to provide optimum treatment and satisfaction to the patient, avoiding unnecessary loss of a viable kidney. Clinical Presentation: T...

A Retroperitoneal Leiomyosarcoma Presenting as an Adrenal Incidentaloma in a Subject on Warfarin

Adrenal incidentalomas (AIs) are mostly benign and nonsecretory. Management algorithms lack sensitivity when assessing malignant potential, although functional status is easier to assess. We present a subject whose AI was a retroperitoneal leiomyosarcoma (RL). Case Presentation. A woman on warfarin with SLE and the antiphospholipid syndrome, presented with left loin pain. She was normotensive a...