Ulcerogenic tumor of the duodenum

Three patients with “islet cell-carcinoid” tumors of the duodenum are reviewed. In each of these cases the presence of lymph node metastasis eventually prompted total gastrectomy as the course of treatment. The patient in case I is now clinically free of tumor five years after operation. In case II the patient's death occurred two years after surgery, and although tumor was found at operation, it was not related to his death. In case III the patient is alive and well five years after his surgical procedures.