RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Multiple microcarcinoids in a patient with long standing ulcerative colitis
JF Journal of Clinical Pathology
JO J Clin Pathol
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Association of Clinical Pathologists
SP 963
OP 965
DO 10.1136/jcp.56.12.963
VO 56
IS 12
A1 T Matsumoto
A1 Y Jo
A1 R Mibu
A1 M Hirahashi
A1 T Yao
A1 M Iida
YR 2003
UL http://jcp.bmj.com/content/56/12/963.abstract
AB A male patient with a 17 year history of intractable ulcerative colitis of the entire type was treated by total proctocolectomy. Colonoscopy before surgery did not identify dysplasia. Histological examination of the resected colorectum revealed that, in addition to chronic inflammatory infiltrates, there were 21 areas of microcarcinoids located in the muscularis propria and in the superficial layer of the submucosa. Carcinoids may be more common than previously thought, and they may be a reactive phenomenon to a variety of factors in ulcerative colitis.