Massive gastrointestinal bleed due to multiple gastric neuroendocrine tumors

Massive gastrointestinal bleed due to multiple gastric neuroendocrine tumors

Gastric neuroendocrine tumors (G-NETs) are uncommon lesions which are usually diagnosed on histological evaluation of gastric polyps. These may occur sporadically or due to hypergastrinemia in the setting of atrophic gastritis or Zollinger-Ellison Syndrome. Large lesions may ulcerate and result in g...

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Main Authors: Vishal Sharma, Surinder Singh Rana, Paramvir Singh Mangat, Lileswar Kaman, Deepak Kumar Bhasin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2015-10-01
Series:Journal of Digestive Endoscopy
Subjects:
gastrinoma
gastrointestinal hemorrhage
neuroendocrine tumors
polyps
stomach
Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/0976-5042.173970
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Summary:Gastric neuroendocrine tumors (G-NETs) are uncommon lesions which are usually diagnosed on histological evaluation of gastric polyps. These may occur sporadically or due to hypergastrinemia in the setting of atrophic gastritis or Zollinger-Ellison Syndrome. Large lesions may ulcerate and result in gastrointestinal bleeding. However, massive gastrointestinal bleeding is rare in patients with NETs. We report a 60-year-old lady who presented with massive gastrointestinal bleeding due to multiple G-NETs.
ISSN:0976-5042
0976-5050

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