GASTROINTESTINAL CARCINOIDS AND THE MALIGNANT CARCINOID-SYNDROME
- 1 January 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Vol. 152 (3), 268-272
Abstract
The records of 59 patients with gastrointestinal carcinoid tumors were reviewed. Forty-seven instances were diagnosed surgically; 12 were identified on autopsy specimens. The average age at diagnosis was 55.8 yr. No association with duodenal ulcer or carcinoma could be made. The appendix was the most common site of origin, followed by the ileum, rectum and colon, respectively. Jejunoileal carcinoids were multiple in 37% of the patients. Primary tumors of the colon had the highest malignant potential and only 2 patients had the malignant carcinoid syndrome. Radical excision of all primary tumors is advocated.This publication has 7 references indexed in Scilit:
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