title: Gastric carcinoid with hypergastrinemia: report of three cases.
abstract: We report 3 cases of gastric carcinoids with hypergastrinemia. Case 1: A 60-year-old man had a 2 cm carcinoid of the stomach and underwent partial resection. Involvement of the muscularis propria and lymph nodes metastasis were observed microscopically. Follow-up gastroscopy revealed another carcinoid lesion and total gastrectomy was performed. Case 2: A 67-year-old woman with multiple carcinoids of the entire stomach underwent antrectomy. No growth of residual tumors has been detected so far. Case 3: A 61-year-old man had a tumor near the esophagogastric junction and underwent total gastrectomy. Carcinoid component was diffusely intermingled with adenocarcinoma in the tumor and invaded into the subserosa. In all 3 cases, the serum gastrin level was high and atrophic gastritis was microscopically observed. Carcinoid tumor in Case 3 was different from those in Cases 1 and 2 and interestingly, gastric carcinoid with hypergastrinemia showed various types of appearance.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Kishiwada City Hospital, 1001 Gakuhara-cho, Kishiwada-shi, Osaka 596-8501, Japan.
authors.forename: Katsuyoshi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Furumoto
authors.forename: Hidenobu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kojima
authors.forename: Masayuki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Okuno
authors.forename: Hiroaki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fuji
authors.forename: Rei
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mizuno
authors.forename: Tomohiko
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authors.lastname: Mori
authors.forename: Daisuke
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ito
authors.forename: Masafumi
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authors.lastname: Kogire