5) Is this a normal or abnormal scan?
This is a normal scan. The appendix is the most common site for carcinoid tumours (75%). Of all carcinoids, those arising in the appendix are the most benign, having only very rarely distant spread and 87% of people with carcinoid of the appendix diagnosed and removed by surgery are alive at 5yrs (i.e. near normal). A carcinoid is found usually by accident in 1 of every 200-300 appendices removed at surgery.The text is entirely the opinion of the author and does not necessarily reflect that of RUH NHS Trust or the Bristol Radiology Training Scheme. Website content devised by Paul McCoubrie.