Yoshikane H, Nishimura K, Hidano H, Sakakibara A, Takahashi Y, Niwa Y, Goto H
Department of Internal Medicine, Handa City Hospital, Handa, Japan.
Am J Gastroenterol. 1998 May;93(5):833-4. doi: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.1998.237_a.x.
We present here familial occurrence of two patients with gastric carcinoid. Both patients, a sister and older sister, had type A chronic atrophic gastritis with hypergastrinemia. This is the first case report of familial occurrence of gastric carcinoid associated with type A chronic atrophic gastritis in the world literature. The possible mechanism of familial occurrence in the patients is discussed.