title: Carcinoid tumor of the gallbladder.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil. mmautran@dedalus.net
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Machado
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Penteado
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Montagnini
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Machado
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002276:Carcinoid Tumor / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005706:Gallbladder Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male