A CASE OF DUODENAL CARCINOID

Authors :: Yoshifumi Naka
Yoichi Kawahira
Masaaki Nakahara
Kazutaka Kishimoto
Nobuhiro Fujita
Yasuroh Kishimoto
Katsuaki Maeda
Masahiko Tsujimoto
Masayasu Hamaji
Kazuyasu Nakao
Fumihiro Uchikoshi
Source :: The journal of the Japanese Practical Surgeon Society. 52:1554-1557
Publication Year :: 1991
Publisher :: Japan Surgical Association, 1991.
Abstract: We report a case of asymptomatic duodenal carcinoid in a 50-year-old male patient. A filling defect was detected on routine upper gastrointestinal X-ray examination, and serious and a sessile polyp of 5 mm in diameter was endoscopically observed. Biopsy revealed typical features of carcinoid. Partial resection of the duodenal was performed. The tumor was confirmed in the mucosa which was type B by Soga's classification. Immunohisto-chemically, numerous secretary granules of gastrin-positive and somatostatin-negative were observed. This patient is doing well with no signs of recurrence 12 months after surgery.