Abantanga FA Author
Subjects of specialization
Affiliation
Gastrointestinal tract, Hemicolectomy, arcinoid tumours
Department of Surgery, School of Medicine and Health Sciences of the University for Development Studies and the Tamale Teaching Hospital, Tamale, Ghana
Abantanga FA held senior scientific research positions at Cyclacel, Dundee, U.K. and Genesis Research and Development, New Zealand for several years prior to joining Innate Immunotherapeutics
Research Article Open Access
Author(s): Der EM and Abantanga FA
Carcinoid tumours are the most common neoplasms of the appendix. These tumours are generally asymptomatic; however, symptomatic patients may clinically mimic acute appendicitis and or intestinal obstruction. There are a few publications in Ghana which mention carcinoid tumours. However, these publications do not give much attention to the clinico-pathological features of this tumour as an entity, or highlight the possible complications of the disease. Presented in this case report is a 43-year-old man who was seen with signs and symptoms of acute intestinal obstruction at the Medical/Surgical Emergency Department of the Tamale Teaching Hospital (TTH). He had an emergency exploratory laparotomy and right hemicolectomy. Subsequent histopathological examination of the specimen revealed a m... view moreĀ»