Most recent by Varsha Vimalananda, MD
Carcinoid tumor and bowel obstruction
A 65-year-old woman with a history of type 2 diabetes, coronary artery disease with congestive heart failure and nephropathy presented with severe, intermittent, crampy abdominal pain and chronic constipation alternating with diarrhea. She complained of a long history of subjective flushing, but denied wheezing and palpitations. She was felt to have a possible bowel obstruction, and an abdominal CT scan was performed that showed a mass near the terminal ileum.
Carcinoid tumor and bowel obstruction
A 65-year-old woman with a history of type 2 diabetes, coronary artery disease with congestive heart failure and nephropathy presented with severe, intermittent, crampy abdominal pain and chronic constipation alternating with diarrhea. She complained of a long history of subjective flushing, but denied wheezing and palpitations. She was felt to have a possible bowel obstruction, and an abdominal CT scan was performed that showed a mass near the terminal ileum.