Familial occurrence of gastric carcinoid tumors associated with type A chronic atrophic gastritis.
We present here familial occurrence of two patients with gastric carcinoid. Both patients, a sister and older sister, had type A chronic atrophic gastritis with hypergastrinemia. This is the first case report of familial occurrence of gastric carcinoid associated with type A chronic atrophic gastritis in the world literature. The possible mechanism of familial occurrence in the patients is discussed.
Yoshikane
H
H
Department of Internal Medicine, Handa City Hospital, Handa, Japan.
Nishimura
K
K
Hidano
H
H
Sakakibara
A
A
Takahashi
Y
Y
Niwa
Y
Y
Goto
H
H
D000328:Adult; D002276:Carcinoid Tumor / Q000150:complications / Q000235:genetics*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D005755:Gastrins / Q000097:blood; D005757:Gastritis, Atrophic / Q000150:complications / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D010375:Pedigree; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000235:genetics*
D005755:Gastrins