Incidence and Management of Appendiceal Neuroendocrine Tumors in Pediatric Population: A Bicentric Experience with 6285 Appendectomies.

Zenon Pogorelić Vladimir Ercegović Marko BaškovićMiro JukićIvana KaramanIvana Mrklić

Published in: Children (Basel, Switzerland) (2023)

The incidence of appendiceal NET among pediatric patients is very low. NET occurs most frequently in adolescents, with a female predominance. Most tumors are less than 1 cm in diameter, located at the tip, and associated with non-perforated appendicitis. Appendectomy is the treatment of choice, and major surgery was not necessary in our cohort.

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