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ReviewPrzeglad gastroenterologiczny2018

Carcinoid tumour of the oesophagus: a systematic review.

Mazaher Ramezani, Masoud Sadeghi

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Review in Przeglad gastroenterologiczny, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Mazaher RamezaniMolecular Pathology Research Centre, Emam Reza Hospital, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran.
Masoud SadeghiMedical Biology Research Centre, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran.
Emam Reza Hospital · IRKermanshah University of Medical Sciences · IR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionKnowledge about oesophageal carcinoids is based primarily on case reports, and therefore information about them is incomplete.

aimTo collect information on oesophageal carcinoid tumours in a systematic review study. MATERIAL AND

methodsDatabases including PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science were searched for the characteristics of oesophageal carcinoid tumour. Studies included original articles, case series, or case reports, reporting at least one of the characteristics of benign carcinoid tumour or carcinoid tumour.

resultsOut of 670 studies searched, after evaluation and excluding non-relevant studies, 14 studies were included and analysed in the systematic review. These studies included 19 patients with carcinoid tumour of whom 57.9% were males with a mean age of 55.5 years. Dysphagia and weight loss were the most prevalent symptoms and signs in the patients. Lower oesophagus was the most prevalent site of tumour.

conclusionsThis meta-analysis showed that the mean age at diagnosis of oesophageal carcinoid was around 55 years, with 1.4 times greater prevalence among males, and located mainly in the distal oesophagus. The mean tumour size was 2.4 cm. The main symptoms and signs of this disease were dysphagia, weight loss, and reflux. The tumour behaviour was mainly non-aggressive except for cases associated with adenocarcinoma.

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carcinoid tumourneuroendocrine tumouroesophagus

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PMID30302162
PMCPMC6173072
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