文摘
Most gastric well-differentiated neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) are located in the corpus part of the stomach. Two types are frequent: type 1 which is associated with autoimmune fundic atrophic gastritis due to the pernicious anemia where hypergastrinemia triggers fundic endocrine cell hyperplasia then NETs and type 3 (sporadic NETs) without any underlying disease (no hypergastrinemia, no fundic atrophic gastritis, no fundic endocrine cell hyperplasia). Most type 1 gastric NETs are benign, multiple, small (<1 cm) and are either not resected or endoscopically resected. Morphological investigations (endoscopic ultrasound, somatostatin receptor scintigraphy) are only indicated for tumors >1 cm. Type 3 NETs are most often invasive, malignant and must be managed as cancers of similar size. Type 2 NETs associated with the Zollinger-Ellison syndrome and multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 are very rare. These underlying diseases are always known before gastric NETs diagnosis. The main aims of the management of welldifferentiated NETs are first to differentiate types 1 and 3, i.e. to search for pernicious anemia, and secondly to be harmless due to the benignity of type 1 tumors.