Carcinoid tumors of the rectum

摘要: CARCINOID TUMORS Of the a l imen ta ry tract are relatively rare. Carc ino id tumors of rec tum less c o m n than those arising in appendix , i eum or j e u bu t they occur more f requent ly han colon, stomach, ga lb ladder and duodenum.2 Langhans 9 1867, was r s au thor to describe carc inoid tumor which occurred leum. Lubarsch, 111a 1888, considered these be va an carcinoma, it no un 1907 that Oberndor fe :4,xs provided name d is inguish rom true carcinoma. T h first ar ing described by Saltikow 19 1919, repor ted America Brunschwig3 1933. 1940's other case reports began appear*< ~7, 2o and, w th last decade, many series have been reported, together with several excel lent reviews. 1, 22 At time this report approx imate 440 cases analyzed reported. 7 A recent survey 4 suggests almost as great b repo ed pat ients lesion mus exist. Th historical change has rough abou large par increased practice pe fo rming careful digi tal rectal proctosigmoidoscopic examina ions well ient . laity become cognizan~ o[ expects -amina ion p physical checkup