Gallbladder and gastric argyrophil carcinoid associated with a case of Zollinger-Ellison syndrome

Barone, G.W.; Schaefer, R.F.; Counce, J.S.; Eidt, J.F.

American Journal of Gastroenterology 87(3): 392-394

1992


ISSN/ISBN: 0002-9270
PMID: 1539581
Document Number: 393518
Gastric carcinoids are uncommon tumors, reportedly associated with pathological hypergastrinemic states such as Zollinger-Ellison syndrome (ZES). Gallbladder carcinoids are also very rare, but have not previously been reported in association with ZES. In this report we discuss a patient with ZES in whom both gastric and gallbladder carcinoid tumors were found.

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