Hung CY, Chen MJ, Shih SC, Liu TP, Chan YJ, Wang TE, Chang WH. Gastric carcinoid tumor in a patient with a past history of gastrointestinal stromal tumor of the stomach. World J Gastroenterol 2008; 14(44): 6884-6887 [PMID: 19058321 DOI: 10.3748/wjg.14.6884]
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Dr. Ming-Jen Chen, Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Mackay Memorial Hospital, No. 92, Sec. 2, Chungshan North Road, Taipei, Taiwan, China. mingjen.ch@msa.hinet.net
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Case Report
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Chien-Yuan Hung, Ming-Jen Chen, Shou-Chuan Shih, Tsang-En Wang, Wen-Hsiung Chang, Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Mackay Memorial Hospital and Mackay Medicine, Nursing and Management College, Taipei, Taiwan, China
Tsang-Pai Liu, Department of General Surgery, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, China
Yu-Jan Chan, Department of Pathology, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, China
Author contributions: Liu TP and Wang TE conducted literature review; Hung CY and Chen MJ wrote this article; Chan YJ reviewed the gastric specimen and performed special staining; Chang WH supported this work by critical reading of the manuscript and Shih SC supervised the final editing.
Correspondence to: Dr. Ming-Jen Chen, Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Mackay Memorial Hospital, No. 92, Sec. 2, Chungshan North Road, Taipei, Taiwan, China. mingjen.ch@msa.hinet.net
Received: May 29, 2008 Revised: November 7, 2008 Accepted: November 14, 2008 Published online: November 28, 2008
Abstract
Gastrointestinal stromal tumor is the most common mesenchymal tumor in the gastrointestinal tract. It may coexist with other type of cancers, and if so, the tumors usually involve the stomach. The most common associated cancers are gastrointestinal carcinomas. We report a 65-year-old woman with a history of gastric gastrointestinal stromal tumor who had undergone subtotal segmental gastrectomy. New polypoid lesions were detected on a follow-up gastroscopy one year later. The lesions were biopsied and found to be carcinoid tumors. There was serum hypergastrinemia, and type 1 gastric carcinoid tumor was diagnosed. A total gastrectomy was performed. Pathologic examination revealed both carcinoid tumors and a recurrent gastrointestinal stromal tumor.
