title: Malignant carcinoid tumour of the oesophagus.
abstract: A patient with a carcinoid tumour of the oesophagus developed widespread metastases within three years of a successful local resection. Of the seven patients with oesophageal carcinoid tumours so far reported, four have died with widespread metastases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, East Birmingham Hospital.
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Ready
authors.forename: J O
authors.initials: JO
authors.lastname: Soul
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Newman
authors.forename: H R
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Matthews
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002276:Carcinoid Tumor / Q000473:pathology*; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis