Rare case of Meckel's diverticulum neuroendocrine tumour

Joshua A De Bono¹, Jonathan Sivakumar^{1

2}, Sam Norden³, Mark Cullinan^{1

4}

Affiliations

¹ Epworth Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
² Department of Surgery, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
³ TissuPath Specialist Pathologists, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
⁴ Monash University Department of Surgery, Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

Joshua A De Bono et al. ANZ J Surg. 2020 Oct.

. 2020 Oct;90(10):2108-2110.

doi: 10.1111/ans.16271. Epub 2020 Aug 30.

Joshua A De Bono¹, Jonathan Sivakumar^{1

2}, Sam Norden³, Mark Cullinan^{1

4}

¹ Epworth Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
² Department of Surgery, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
³ TissuPath Specialist Pathologists, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
⁴ Monash University Department of Surgery, Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

No abstract available

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