Upper gastrointestinal carcinoid tumors incidentally found by endoscopic examinations

Table 1 Demographic data, morphology, sizes, treatment and outcome of patients with upper gastrointestinal carcinoid tumors

Patients	Age (yr)	Sex	Symptom	Location	Morphology	Size(cm)	Treatment	Outcome
1	26	Male	GI bleeding	Esophagus	Polyp	0.7	Polypectomy	(Survive)
2	81	Female	GI bleeding	Stomach	Polyp	0.4	Polypectomy	(Survive)
3	33	Female	Epigastralgia	Stomach	ST	0.9	Polypectomy	(Survive)
4	26	Female	Epigastralgia	Stomach	ST	1	Polypectomy	(Survive)
5	70	Female	Epigastralgia	Stomach	Polyp	0.5	Polypectomy	(Survive)
6	63	Male	Abdominal pain	Stomach	Tumor	10	Surgery	(Expired)
7	46	Male	GI bleeding	Stomach	ST	4.3	Surgery	(Survive)
8	62	Male	GI bleeding	Stomach	Tumor	4	Surgery	(Expired)
9	68	Male	Epigastralgia	Stomach	Tumor	1.5	Surgery	(Survive)
10	30	Male	Epigastralgia	Stomach	Tumor	>4.0	Supportive care	(Expired)
11	64	Female	Epigastralgia	Duodenum (bulb)	Polyp	0.9	Polypectomy	(Survive)
12	40	Male	Epigastralgia	Duodenum (bulb)	ST	1.7	Duodenectomy	(Survive)
13	82	Male	Jaundice	Duodenum (second portion)	Tumor	>2.0	Stenting	(Expired)

ST: submucosal tumor; All patients with polypoid and submucosal tumor types were of small size (<1.7 cm) and all survived. Four of the five patients in tumor mass form died and were more than 2.0 cm.