Gastric Carcinoid: The Invisible Tumor!
| Autor: | Samyak Dhruv, Shamsuddin Anwar, Abhishek Polavarapu, Deeb Liliane |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| Předmět: |
Pathology
medicine.medical_specialty endocrine system upper endoscopy 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology gastric tumor 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Gastric carcinoid gastrointestinal carcinoid tumor Rare case medicine Internal Medicine Gastric biopsy Antrum medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Stomach Upper endoscopy digestive oral and skin physiology General Engineering Gastroenterology digestive system diseases Endoscopy medicine.anatomical_structure Oncology Fundus (uterus) business 030217 neurology & neurosurgery |
| Zdroj: | Cureus |
| ISSN: | 2168-8184 |
| Popis: | Neuroendocrine tumor (NET) of the stomach or gastric carcinoid (GC) is a rare tumor derived from enterochromaffin-like (ECL) cells of the stomach and is more common in women after the fifth decade of life. The incidence of GC has been recently trending up. While most GC are visible lesions upon direct visualization on endoscopy, one-fourth of these tumors are intramucosal and not readily identified on upper endoscopy. Thus, a complete gastric map with biopsies of antrum, body, and fundus is required to confirm the presence of carcinoid growth. Herein we report a rare case of GC which was identified on a random gastric biopsy specimen. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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