Carcinoid tumors of the duodenum: report of three cases treated by endoscopic resection.
Three patients with small (less than 1 cm) duodenal carcinoid tumors are described, two of whom underwent endoscopic resection using simple snare polypectomy. In the third patient, a small tumor (5 mm) could no longer be found after initial biopsies on subsequent repeated endoscopic-bioptic follow-up. All three patients are free of local recurrence or systemic symptoms 2-14 years after the procedure.
Yamamoto
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Second Dept. of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
Aoyagi
K
K
Suekane
H
H
Iida
M
M
Hizawa
K
K
Kuwano
Y
Y
Nakamura
S
S
Fujishima
M
M
D000328:Adult; D002276:Carcinoid Tumor / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D004379:Duodenal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D004384:Duodenoscopy; D004724:Endoscopy; D019160:Endosonography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged