CARCINOID-TUMOR OF THE COMMON BILE-DUCT PRODUCING GASTRIN AND SEROTONIN

Carcinoid tumors of the biliary tract are rare. We report a 47-year-ol d man who was unexpectedly found to have a nonobstructing carcinoid tu mor of the common bile duct during orthotopic liver transplantation fo r decompensated cirrhosis. No metastases were noted. Five months after resection of the common bile duct and liver transplantation, the pati ent had no evidence of residual tumor. The carcinoid was a sclerotic t umor of insular type and was immunoreactive for gastrin and serotonin, but nonfunctional. We reviewed the literature on carcinoids of the ex trahepatic bile duct.