Gastric Carcinoid: A Clinical and Endoscopic Assessment of Four Cases
- 1 May 1986
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Georg Thieme Verlag KG in Endoscopy
- Vol. 18 (03) , 101-104
- https://doi.org/10.1055/s-2007-1018342
Abstract
We have established a pre-operative diagnosis in four cases of non-secretory gastric carcinoid of the body and fundus presenting as multiple polyps in three patients, and a single polyp mass in the fourth patient. Clinical and endoscopic findings are not specific, and the pre-operative diagnosis was established by means of biopsy or polypectomy. We observed biochemical and histological differences between multiple and single carcinoids, which might indicate different mechanisms of carcinoid pathogenesis.Keywords
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