GASTRIC POLYPOSIS CAUSED BY MULTIPLE CARCINOIDS AND EARLY CARCINOMA

A case of gastric polyposis caused by multiple carcinoids with concurr ent gastric carcinoma is reported in a 70 year old woman with severe a trophic gastritis and intestinal metaplasia. On microscopic examinatio n, the carcinoids and gastric carcinoma arose separately thus represen ting ''double primaries'', Long-standing hyper-gastrinaemia probably p lays a causative role in the development of carcinoma and carcinoids, Carcinoid tumours, although of low malignant potential, may be importa nt as indicators of other unrelated high risk malignancies, Patients w ith carcinoids should be followed closely, especially as the incidence of these tumours seems to be on the increase.