Treatment of Type II Gastric Carcinoid Tumors with Somatostatin Analogues
Gastric carcinoid tumors are rare tumors that originate from gastric enterochromaffin-like cells in the oxyntic mucosa. 1 There are three types of gastric carcinoid tumors: type I is associated with chronic atrophic gastritis, type II develops in patients with combined multiple endocrine neoplasia t...
Saved in:
Published in | The New England journal of medicine Vol. 343; no. 8; pp. 551 - 554 |
---|---|
Main Authors | , , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
Published |
Boston, MA
Massachusetts Medical Society
24.08.2000
|
Subjects | |
Online Access | Get full text |
Cover
Loading…
Summary: | Gastric carcinoid tumors are rare tumors that originate from gastric enterochromaffin-like cells in the oxyntic mucosa.
1
There are three types of gastric carcinoid tumors: type I is associated with chronic atrophic gastritis, type II develops in patients with combined multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 and the Zollinger–Ellison syndrome, and type III is sporadic.
1
Although the pathogenesis of these tumors is not completely understood, hypergastrinemia has an important role in the development of types I and II.
2
The multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 gene locus may be involved in type II gastric carcinoid tumors.
3
,
4
All three types are usually removed . . . |
---|---|
Bibliography: | ObjectType-Case Study-2 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-4 content type line 23 ObjectType-Report-1 ObjectType-Article-3 |
ISSN: | 0028-4793 1533-4406 |
DOI: | 10.1056/NEJM200008243430805 |