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[Gastric carcinoid. A review of the literature and case report]
G Quadrelli1, A Signaroldi, R Pricolo
1Divisione di Medicina Generale, Ospedale Civile di Casalpusterlengo, Milano.
Abstract:
The authors report a case of gastric carcinoid in a 69-years-old white, male. The lesion was discovered incidentally during an endoscopic examination of the stomach and an excisional biopsy was done. Because of the closeness of the cardiac to the lesion that was > 1 cm of diameter and because there was a suspicion of other microscopical lesions, the surgeon planned and carried out a total gastrectomy. The lesion was totally excised by the biopsy and no other lesions or lymph node involvement were find. After 1 year the patient is doing wall. The authors discuss carcinoids in general and gastric carcinoids in particular. They emphasize the role of the endoscopy in the early diagnosis of gastric carcinoid.