[Two cases of carcinoid tumor of the stomach and a collective review of the Japanese literature].
We report two cases of carcinoid tumor of the stomach together with a collective review of the Japanese literature. Case 1 was preoperatively diagnosed as carcinoid, and the lesion, measuring 10 X 7 mm, and located in the body of the stomach, had no metastases. Case 2 was preoperatively diagnosed as gastric cancer and was recognized as a submucosal tumor measuring 5.8 X 4.7 cm in the antrum of the stomach. There were metastases to the brain and the skin, and the patient died on the 50th day after the operation. From a collective review of previous cases, it was ascertained that small carcinoid tumors sometimes had metastases. For this reason, we feel gastrectomy should be performed together with local lymph node resection.
D002276:Carcinoid Tumor / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008197:Lymph Node Excision; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D011379:Prognosis; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery