title: Familial occurrence of gastric carcinoid tumors associated with type A chronic atrophic gastritis.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Handa City Hospital, Handa, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yoshikane
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nishimura
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hidano
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sakakibara
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Niwa
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Goto
mesh_terms: 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*
chemical_list: D005755:Gastrins