CHRONIC ATROPHIC GASTRITIS, HYPERGASTRINE MIA AND GASTRIC CARCINOID

We report a case of a gastric carcinoid tumor in an anemic woman with chronic atrophic gastritis and hypergastrinemia. An antrectomy with ex cision of a carcinoid tumor was performed; afterwards, gastrinemia was normal. Gastric carcinoids were considered uncommon gastric cancers; however, in recent years they have been studied with increasing intere st because, as in chronic atrophic gastritis, it has been suggested th at they might be produced by prolonged hypergastrinemia associated wit h therapeutic use of gastric acid supressors. We discuss the gastrin h ypothesis, the different clinical types of gastric carcinoids and its therapeutical management.