Which is the correlation between carcinoid tumor and Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy? A case series and literature review.

Federico Sista,Valentina Abruzzese,Sergio Carandina,Andrea Salvatorelli,Marino Di Furia,Gianluca Cipolloni,Vincenzo Vicentini,Stefano Guadagni,Marco Clementi

Annals of Medicine and Surgery（2018）

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Abstract

•Recent observations showed a high incidence of Gastric Carcinoid Tumor (GCT) in candidate patients for bariatric surgery.•From a multicenter experience with Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy.•We retrospectively recorded two GCT cases in obese patients (the first found out during pre-operative investigations and the second one detected 52 months after surgery).•The possible correlations between obesity, LSG and GTC have been discussed.

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Obesity,Sleeve gastrectomy,Carcinoid,Gastrin,GLP-1

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