Korean Journal of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy 2000;21(4): 802-806.
간 전이를 일으킨 작은 직장 유암종 1 예 ( A Small Rectal Carcinoid Tumor with Liver Metastasis )
김성수(Sung Soo Kim),한석원(Suk Won Han),최규용(Gyu Yong Choi),정인식(In Sik Jung),강지호(Jee Ho Kang),채현석(Hyun Suk Chae),조재완(Jae Wan Jo),이창돈(Chang Don Lee),선희식(Hee Sik Sun),안창혁(Chang Hyuk An)
Abstract
Carcinoid tumors are originated from the enterochromaffin cells in the gastrointestinal mucosa, The incidence of rectal carcinoid tumors is more than 10 percent of gastrointestinal tract carcinoid. The tumor has naturally the benign character that does not develop symptoms and it is found incidentally. The tumor may infrequently have a malignant behavior such as invasion to muscle wall, obstruction of bowel lumen and metastasis to distant organ (especially, liver) almost when its size is larger than 2 cm. We have experienced a case of rectal carcinoid tumor smaller than 1 cm in its size with huge metastatic mass of liver.