Carcinoid tumor of the gallbladder.
The carcinoid tumor is a relatively rare type of endocrine tumor, which arises mainly in the gastrointestinal tract. Primary gallbladder and biliary duct system carcinoids comprise less than 1% of all carcinoid tumors arising from any tissue or organ in the body. We describe a case of carcinoid tumor of the gallbladder in a 39-year-old man. There have been only 32 cases described in the literature.
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Department of Surgery, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil. mmautran@dedalus.net
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D000328:Adult; D002276:Carcinoid Tumor / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005706:Gallbladder Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male