Solitary facial metastasis of an ileal carcinoid

Acta Biomed. 2003 Apr;74(1):47-9.

Abstract

We report an unusual case of solitary facial metastasis as first clinical manifestation of an ileal carcinoid. Only one similar case has been reported in the literature. The patient, a 79 years old man, was referred for the excision of a right facial subcutaneous nodule. Pathology showed a soft tissue metastasis of mid-gut carcinoid. After a complete radiological investigation, a small carcinoid of the terminal ileum was found and the patient underwent a right emicolectomy. Pathology confirmed a typical EC cells carcinoid identical to that of the facial tumor. At 2 years of follow-up no clinical or radiological signs of others metastases were found.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Carcinoid Tumor / diagnosis
  • Carcinoid Tumor / secondary*
  • Carcinoid Tumor / surgery
  • Colectomy
  • Facial Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Facial Neoplasms / surgery
  • Humans
  • Ileal Neoplasms* / diagnosis
  • Ileal Neoplasms* / surgery
  • Male
  • Neoplasm Invasiveness
  • Remission Induction