Multiple gastric carcinoid tumours associated with atrophic gastritis.
A case of multiple gastric carcinoid tumours is described in an elderly man with atrophic gastritis and hypergastrinaemia. This case provides further evidence of an association between hypochlorrhydric states and some gastric endocrine tumours.
Stewart
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DA
Victoria Geriatric Unit, Glasgow.
McGowan
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AR
Roberts
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MA
D000126:Achlorhydria / Q000150:complications*; D000368:Aged; D002276:Carcinoid Tumor / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D005756:Gastritis / Q000150:complications*; D005757:Gastritis, Atrophic / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D006965:Hyperplasia; D008297:Male; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000473:pathology; D013270:Stomach / Q000473:pathology; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D014806:Vitamin B 12 Deficiency