Management of enterochromaffin-like gastric carcinoid tumour metastasized to the liver

Scand J Gastroenterol. 2002 Feb;37(2):246-8. doi: 10.1080/003655202753416957.

Abstract

We report the rare case of a patient suffering from pernicious anaemia and a history of flushing and diarrhoea. The patient was found to have microcarcinoids with multiple gastric polyps and a solitary liver metastasis. He was successfully managed with subtotal gastrectomy, while the liver metastasis was cured by Interferon-alpha and octreotide administration.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Antineoplastic Agents / therapeutic use
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Hormonal / therapeutic use
  • Carcinoid Tumor / secondary*
  • Carcinoid Tumor / therapy*
  • Gastrectomy
  • Humans
  • Interferon-alpha / therapeutic use
  • Liver Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Liver Neoplasms / therapy*
  • Male
  • Octreotide / therapeutic use
  • Stomach Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Stomach Neoplasms / surgery

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Hormonal
  • Interferon-alpha
  • Octreotide