Skip to main content
PMC home page
Postgraduate Medical Journal logoLink to Postgraduate Medical Journal
. 1976 Aug;52(610):514–517. doi: 10.1136/pgmj.52.610.514

Carcinoid tumour of the ampulla of Vater associated with cutaneous neurofibromatosis.

P V Barber
PMCID: PMC2496446  PMID: 824634

Abstract

A case of carcinoid tumour of Vater's ampulla is described from a patient with widespread cutaneous neurofibromatosis. The literature concerning the few known cases of carcinoids occurring at this site is briefly reviewed and the presentation, prognosis and treatment discussed, together with the possible significance of such a clinical association.

Full text

PDF
514

Images in this article

515Fig. 1
on p.515
515Fig. 2
on p.515

Selected References

These references are in PubMed. This may not be the complete list of references from this article.

  1. AZZOPARDI J. G., POLLOCK D. J. ARGENTAFFIN AND ARGYROPHIL CELLS IN GASTRIC CARCINOMA. J Pathol Bacteriol. 1963 Oct;86:443–451. doi: 10.1002/path.1700860219. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  2. BARNARD R. O., LANG E. R. CEREBRAL AND CEREBELLAR GLIOMAS IN A CASE OF VON RECKLINGHAUSEN'S DISEASE WITH ADRENAL PHAEOCHROMOCYTOMAS. J Neurosurg. 1964 Jun;21:506–511. doi: 10.3171/jns.1964.21.6.0506. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  3. DAVIS F. W., Jr, HULL J. G., VARDELL J. C., Jr Pheochromocytoma with neurofibromatosis. Am J Med. 1950 Jan;8(1):131–135. doi: 10.1016/0002-9343(50)90350-0. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  4. Dehner L. P., Smith B. H. Soft tissue tumors of the penis. A clinicopathologic study of 46 cases. Cancer. 1970 Jun;25(6):1431–1447. doi: 10.1002/1097-0142(197006)25:6<1431::aid-cncr2820250624>3.0.co;2-b. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  5. FEYRTER F. Zur Pathologie des argyrophilen Helle-Zellen-Organes im Bronchialbaum des Menschen. Virchows Arch Pathol Anat Physiol Klin Med. 1954;325(6):723–732. doi: 10.1007/BF00955103. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  6. Kuiper D. H., Gracie W. A., Jr, Pollard H. M. Twenty years of gastrointestinal carcinoids. Cancer. 1970 Jun;25(6):1424–1430. doi: 10.1002/1097-0142(197006)25:6<1424::aid-cncr2820250623>3.0.co;2-6. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  7. Lee H. Y., Garber P. E. Von Recklinghausen's disease associated with pheochromocytoma and carcinoid tumor. Ohio State Med J. 1970 Jun;66(6):583–586. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  8. MURRAY R. Occupational health at home and abroad. Is Britain keeping pace? Lancet. 1963 Feb 9;1(7276):283–285. doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(63)92235-9. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  9. Masson P. Carcinoids (Argentaffin-Cell Tumors) and Nerve Hyperplasia of the Appendicular Mucosa. Am J Pathol. 1928 May;4(3):181–212.19. [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  10. Moreaux J., Martin E., Bloch P. Les tumeurs carcinoïdes de l'ampoule de Vater. Chirurgie. 1971 May-Jun;97(7):473–479. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  11. Roberts A. H. Association of a phaeochromocytoma and cerebral gliosarcoma with neurofibromatosis. Br J Surg. 1967 Jan;54(1):78–79. doi: 10.1002/bjs.1800540118. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  12. SANDERS R. J., AXTELL H. K. CARCINOIDS OF THE GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT. Surg Gynecol Obstet. 1964 Aug;119:369–380. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  13. Stefanini M., Urbas J. E., Crockett F. L. Argentaffine carcinoma (carcinoid tumor) involving the ampulla of Vater. IMJ Ill Med J. 1970 Aug;138(2):130–132. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]

Articles from Postgraduate Medical Journal are provided here courtesy of BMJ Publishing Group

RESOURCES