Open AccessConcurrence of duodenal carcinoid and diffuse gastric adenocarcinoma: A rare phenomenon
Author(s) -
Parampalli Srinivas Srilatha
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
the saudi journal of gastroenterology/saudi journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.608
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1998-4049
pISSN - 1319-3767
DOI - 10.4103/1319-3767.36754
Subject(s) - medicine , duodenum , gastrointestinal tract , adenocarcinoma , gastroenterology , gastric adenocarcinoma , general surgery , cancer
Synchronous tumors are well documented in the gastrointestinal tract. Various combinations have been studied. There are a few studies, which highlight the incidental finding of the yellow beauty-the "carcinoid" of the duodenum simultaneously occurring with the venomous "diffuse gastric adenocarcinoma". This is a report one such case in a 58 year-old man, who unfortunately died on the 4th postoperative day due to cardiopulmonary arrest.