Neoplastic diathesis of patients with carcinoid. Report of a case with four other neoplasms

Abstract

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. Copyright © 1973 American Cancer Society