EDITOR'S QUIZ: GI SNAPSHOT
An unusual cause of diarrhoea
Airedale General Hospital, Yorkshire, UK
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Dr A Sainsbury
Airedale General Hospital, Skipton Rd, Yorkshire BD20 6TD, UK; anitabansal@yahoo.com
Keywords: diarrhoea; carcinoid syndrome
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A 70 year old Caucasian female presented with a six month history of intermittent diarrhoea, abdominal pain, and weight loss of 3 stone. Routine blood tests and liver ultrasound were normal.
What abnormalities do the computed tomography scan (fig 1
) and histology slide (fig 2) demonstrate? What was the cause of her diarrhoea?
[in a new window] Figure 1 Computed tomography scan of the abdomen.
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