Cancer Quest: appendix will be cancer?

Appendicitis is a common diseases, light those anti-bacterial medication Jiyu; In severe cases, ulceration can occur, perforation. If the pus inside the appendix spill into the abdominal cavity can lead to peritonitis, so that increased abdominal pain, body temperature rise, is not life-threatening surgery a timely manner.

Many of the body tissues, organs were president of cancer. In addition to inflammation of the appendix will happen a little outside. Is also president of malignant tumors do? Appendectomy on a long 80% of malignant tumors, "carcinoid tumor." Carcinoid tumor is a gastrointestinal cancer, the tumor is small, growth is also slow, the symptoms often not obvious, the transfer can also occur.

Carcinoid tumors are rare. If the carcinoid tumor secreting hormone-releasing peptide amines, the patient will suffer from abdominal pain, diarrhea, asthma, symptoms such as hepatomegaly, medicine called "carcinoid syndrome." This rare sign of appendicitis. Incidence of carcinoid tumors can be of all ages, with an average age of onset of 40 years. Malignant appendiceal carcinoid low level of tumor is small, more than 2 centimeters in diameter, and rarely metastasize. Most of the growth of carcinoid of the appendix away from the appendix to the top 1 / 3, it is not easy to plug the appendix lumen and rarely lead to appendicitis. If the carcinoid tumor grows in the appendix, 1 / 3, then the multi-lumen which occurs due to blockage of appendicitis.

Surgery, because the tumor is small, not easily identified or mistaken for a bezoar, pathological examination, can only arrive at a correct diagnosis. Appendiceal carcinoid Appendiceal perforation may also have performance, general surgery later found to be perforated appendix carcinoid.