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Cause of diarrhoea: Neuroendocrine tumour or microscopic colitis, a differential diagnostic challange
A Taller, E Takács, F Salamon · Zeitschrift für Gastroenterologie · 2014 · Heft 05
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2014
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Zusammenfassung
Background: Neuroendocrine tumors (NET) are thought to be rare disorders. Incidence of microscopic colitis (MC) is almost the same as of Crohn's disease. After all, in daily practice this possibility is not always kept in mind and therefore biopsy samples are many times not taken and so MC remains undiagnosed. We report a diagnostic workup of a case with chronic diarrhea, where the cause for long time seemed to be NET. Case Report: From the medical history of the 45 years old male patients smoking and surgery for sinus maxillaris polyps and cysts are known. He visited in November 2012 an outpatient clinic becaus…
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Diarrhea
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Chromogranin A
Biopsy
Zeitschrift für Gastroenterologie
