Incidental Carcinoid Tumor Arising in a Meckel's Diverticulum.

This case report describes a patient who presented with concern for a closed-loop small bowel obstruction (SBO). During exploratory laparotomy, an area of ischemic bowel due to closed loop obstruction was resected, along with an incidentally discovered inflamed-appearing Meckel's diverticulum (MD). The resected specimen contained a well-differentiated carcinoid tumor of benign behavior with a maximum diameter of 0.