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Gastric carcinoid tumours and atrophic gastritis. 1987

S M Sjöblom, and R Haapiainen, and M Miettinen, and H Järvinen

The clinical and pathologic data from 11 patients with gastric carcinoid tumours were analysed. Histological examination revealed associated atrophic gastritis in corpus in all patients, and 4 patients had pernicious anaemia. Most patients underwent an extensive gastric resection, complicated by one death. Several facts that should have an influence upon the surgical strategy were noticed. The patients were comparatively young; the mean age was 52 years. Ten of the tumours were located in the corpus and fundus area, and only one was antral. The two largest tumours measured 2-3 cm in diameter, the others being less than 1 cm, but at least in four cases multifocal. None of the tumours metastasized, but the largest one recurred locally. Limited surgical procedures and follow-up with repeated gastroscopies might be advisable in small gastric carcinoids which seem to be low grade malignant tumours with slow growth.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008297	Male		Males
D008875	Middle Aged	An adult aged 45 - 64 years.	Middle Age
D011379	Prognosis	A prediction of the probable outcome of a disease based on a individual's condition and the usual course of the disease as seen in similar situations.	Prognostic Factor,Prognostic Factors,Factor, Prognostic,Factors, Prognostic,Prognoses
D002276	Carcinoid Tumor	A usually small, slow-growing neoplasm composed of islands of rounded, oxyphilic, or spindle-shaped cells of medium size, with moderately small vesicular nuclei, and covered by intact mucosa with a yellow cut surface. The tumor can occur anywhere in the gastrointestinal tract (and in the lungs and other sites); approximately 90% arise in the appendix. It is now established that these tumors are of neuroendocrine origin and derive from a primitive stem cell. (From Stedman, 25th ed & Holland et al., Cancer Medicine, 3d ed, p1182)	Argentaffinoma,Carcinoid,Carcinoid, Goblet Cell,Argentaffinomas,Carcinoid Tumors,Carcinoids,Carcinoids, Goblet Cell,Goblet Cell Carcinoid,Goblet Cell Carcinoids,Tumor, Carcinoid,Tumors, Carcinoid
D005260	Female		Females
D005500	Follow-Up Studies	Studies in which individuals or populations are followed to assess the outcome of exposures, procedures, or effects of a characteristic, e.g., occurrence of disease.	Followup Studies,Follow Up Studies,Follow-Up Study,Followup Study,Studies, Follow-Up,Studies, Followup,Study, Follow-Up,Study, Followup
D005756	Gastritis	Inflammation of the GASTRIC MUCOSA, a lesion observed in a number of unrelated disorders.	Gastritides
D005757	Gastritis, Atrophic	GASTRITIS with atrophy of the GASTRIC MUCOSA, the GASTRIC PARIETAL CELLS, and the mucosal glands leading to ACHLORHYDRIA. Atrophic gastritis usually progresses from chronic gastritis.	Atrophic Gastritides,Atrophic Gastritis,Gastritides, Atrophic
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328	Adult	A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available.	Adults