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Neoplastic diathesis of patients with carcinoid. Report of a case with four other neoplasms
Author(s) -
Brown Norman K.,
Smith Meredith P.
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(197307)32:1<216::aid-cncr2820320132>3.0.co;2-5
Subject(s) - medicine , carcinoid tumors , adenocarcinoma , diathesis , gastroenterology , cancer , ascending colon , pathology , carcinoid tumour , immunology
A patient with malignant carcinoid tumor of the ileum and a prior primary carcinoma of the cervix later developed primary adenocarcinoma of the ascending colon, an adenomatous duodenal polyp, and two gastric leiomyomas. The duodenal polyp contained neoplastic Paneth cells. The frequency of carcinoid tumors coupled with other primary malignancies (about one third), especially of the G.I. tract, may reflect ah enhanced susceptibility to cancer in carcinoid patients.