A case series of neuroendocrine carcinoma of the stomach

Abstract

Gastric neuroendocrine carcinoma (NEC) of the stomach is rare and highly malignant carcinoma. On account of the current recognition of the disease, few case series have been reported in literature from India. Our study reports four consecutive cases of gastric NEC. Few of the interesting aspects of our study were, the early age at presentation and equivalency of occurrence of the malignancy in females, as compared with the literature available. This presentation aims to highlight the fact that the gastric NEC in our country probably have a different pattern of presentation and outcome. For validating this different behavior of gastric NEC’s, more data and case series are required from our Indian subcontinent to resolve this enigma of gastric NEC’s.

Keywords

• gastric neuroendocrine carcinoma
• neuro endocrine carcinomas
• indian subcontinent