Small Carcinoid Tumor of the Rectum with Lymph Node Metastasis, Report of a Case

Shoji Maruyama, Satoshi Okabe, Takehiro Arai, Munenari Lee, Naoya Murase, Masahiro Tsubaki, Mitsuo Endo

The First Department of Surgery, Tokyo Medical and Dental University

We would report a case of small rectal carcinoid with lymph node metastasis. A 65-year-old woman was referred to us for rectal cancer. We performed a total colonoscopy, and found a submucosal tumor which was located 3 cm above the rectal cancer. Anterior resection was performed for the advanced rectal cancer with lymph node dissection including the submucosal tumor. The submucosal tumor was diagnosed as a carcinoid tumor 5 mm in diameter. Pathological examination revealed regional lymph node metastasis of revealed this carcinoid. We conclude that this is the smallest reported rectal carcinoid with lymph node metastasis.

Key words
rectal carcinoid, lymph node metastasis of rectal carcinoid

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Shoji Maruyama First Department of Surgery, Tokyo Medical and Dental University
1-5-45 Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, 113 JAPAN

Accepted
May 21, 1997

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