NEUROENDOCRINE TUMORS OF THE GASTROENTERIC CANAL - ANATOMOPATHOLOGICAL AND DIAGNOSTIC-THERAPEUTIC DEFINITION - DESCRIPTION OF A CASE WITH ARARE CECAL LOCALIZATION

The authors take the case of a neuroendocrine tumour of the cecum as t he starting point for an analysis of the anatomopathological and diagn ostic-therapeutic aspects of these neoplasms. Furthermore, the authors underline that neuroendocrine tumours (NET) of the colon represent an extremely rare? nosological entity and that they are heterogeneous fr om a clinical and biochemical point of view, thus making a reliable pr eoperative diagnosis a problem that is still difficult to resolve toda y.