Multiple malignant carcinoids of the stomach.
A patient had multiple malignant carcinoids of the stomach. She is alive without evidence of recurrent disease or manifestations of the carcinoid syndrome almost seven years after total gastrectomy, demonstrating the favorable prognosis that follows aggressive surgical excision, even in the presence of lymph node metastases.
D000328:Adult; D002276:Carcinoid Tumor / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005743:Gastrectomy; D005773:Gastroscopy; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D011178:Postgastrectomy Syndromes / Q000473:pathology; D011379:Prognosis; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*