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Current Concepts on Gastric Carcinoid Tumors
Gastric carcinoid tumors (GCs) are rare lesions representing less than 10% of carcinoid tumors and less than 1% of all stomach neoplasms. There are three distinct types of gastric carcinoids; type I includes the vast majority (70-85%) of these neoplasms that are closely linked to chronic atrophic gastritis. Type II which accounts for 5-10 %, is associated with Zollinger-Ellison syndrome and oft...
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The incidence of carcinoid tumors (CTs) has increased over time (1). Gender distribution is highly balanced –slightly higher in women for malignant carcinoids– and people of all ages are affected even if these tumors predominate during the sixth decade of life. Gastric carcinoids represent 3 per thousand of all gastric neoplasms. Reviews and series have been reported regarding gastric carcinoid...
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Gastric carcinoid tumors are rare tumors that originate from gastric enterochromaffin-like cells in the oxyntic mucosa and constitute 3.2-4% of all carcinoid tumors. Herein, outcome of a single institution experience with gastric carcinoid tumors were evaluated retrospectively. The patients with gastric carcinoid tumors were analyzed with respect to their presenting signs and symptoms, serum ga...
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Carcinoid tumors are rare, slow-growing neuroendocrine neoplasms that often are indolent and may not become clinically apparent until there has been metastatic spread or evidence of carcinoid syndrome. Recent evidence has revealed that the overall incidence of carcinoid tumors has been steadily increasing, and although the disease was thought to be relatively benign, it is now considered one of...
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OBJECTIVE carcinoid tumors (CTs) represent the commonest neuroendocrine tumors. Those in the gastrointestinal tract are diagnosed in surgical specimens, clinically, and using imaging techniques (endoscopy, echoendoscopy, CT, Octreoscan, etc.). The goal of this retrospective study was to review a personal series of gastrointestinal carcinoid tumors, and to compare it to those in the literature. ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Revista Española de Enfermedades Digestivas
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1130-0108
DOI: 10.4321/s1130-01082008001000017