OBJECTIVE: The aim of the present study was to analyze the treatment and follow-up of seven patients who suffered from rectal carcinoid tumor. PATIENTS AND METHOD: The authors have reviewed the records of seven patients operated on at the Hospital Geral de Goiânia and at the Instituto de Coloproctologia de Goiânia. RESULTS: Seven cases of rectal carcinoid tumors were accidentally found during full colonoscopy assesment due to varied complaints. All of them were treated with endoscopic polipectomy and microscopy and immunochemistry have confirmed carcinoid tumor. Two patients underwent anterior resection due to invasion of the muscularis mucosae and one patient underwent transanal local excision due to atypical changes. The average follow-up time was 28 months and all the patients had an uneventful postoperative course.
Rectal carcinoid tumor; Neuroendocrine tumor
