title: [Diagnosis and treatment of gastric carcinoid tumors].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the method for surgical diagnosis and treatment of gastric carcinoid tumors.
  
  
  METHODS
  Clinicopathologic features of 9 patients with gastric carcinoid tumors were analyzed retrospectively. The patients were confirmed by biopsy at endoscopy or surgery.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Eight of the 9 patients underwent elective operation, 6 showed gastric carcinoid tumors before operation found by biopsy at endoscopy. Five tumors were malignant and 4 benign. Two patients showed malignant carcinoid syndrome, but 5-HT and 5-HIAA were normal.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Benign or malignant gastric carcinoid tumor depends upon tumor size, local lymph node invasion and distant metastases. The prognostic factor is based on benign or malignant tumors. Operation may be the first choice for such patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100730.
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Sang
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Tang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002276:Carcinoid Tumor / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*