Year 2010 / Volume 102 / Number 9
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Gastrointestinal carcinoid tumors

pp. 533-537

M. J. Varas Lorenzo, F. Muñoz Agel, J. C. Espinós Pérez y M. Bardají Bofill

Abstract
Objective: carcinoid tumors (CTs) represent the commonest neuroendocrine tumors.
Those in the gastrointestinal tract are diagnosed in surgical specimens, clinically, and using imaging techniques (endoscopy, echoendoscopy, CT, Octreoscan, etc.). The goal of this retrospective study was to review a personal series of gastrointestinal carcinoid tumors, and to compare it to those in the literature.

Patients and methods: the medical records of 40 Caucasian patients with over 50 gastrointestinal carcinoid tumors (including multiple cases) who were seen for a period of 16 years (1994-
2009) were reviewed.

Results: mean age at presentation was 52 years, 50% were females, and mean tumor size was 9.9 mm. Most were gastroduodenal (42.5%) or rectal (30%), and were treated endoscopically.
Metastases and carcinoid syndrome (CS) were seen in 5% of patients.
Survival at study endpoint was 85%.
Conclusions: age and gender were consistent with the literature. There was an increase in gastroduodenal (multifocal) and rectal carcinoids, likely because the series was essentially endoscopical in nature (bias). There was a lower rate of CS and higher survival, likely due to earlier diagnosis and treatment.
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