The analysis of clinical features, pathological characters and prognosis in 69 patients with rectum carcinoid / 中华消化杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To analyze and explore the clinical features,pathological characters,treatment and prognosis of rectum carcinoid.Methods From January 1997 to January 2010,69 pathologically diagnosed rectum carcinoid cases were collected from Union Hospital of Tongji Medical College,Huazhong University of Science and Technology and other 7 hospitals.The clinical features,pathological characters,treatment and prognosis were analyzed. Results Of 69 rectum carconid cases,there were 36 males and 33 females.The average age was (49.3±12.9) years.The common symptom were hemotochezia,abdominal pain,constipation,diarrhoea and abdominal distension.There were 55 cases with lesions from the anus less than 8 cm and in other patients,lesions from the anus were all more than 8 cm.66 cases were typical carcinoid,3 cases were atypical carcinoid.40 cases underwent the immunohistochemical staining.The common markers for immunohistochemical staining were Syn,CgA and NSE,the positive percentage were 90％ (36/40),75％ (30/40) and 82.5％(33/40) respectively.A total of 24 patients received endoscopic therapy,44 patients had surgery,1 patient who refused surgery received only life support and symptomatic treatment.Conclusion No specific clinical symptoms of rectum carcinoid,and most were typical carcinoid.Lesions confined to mucosa and submucosa could be considered the endoscopic therapy.