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Rectal neuroendocrine tumors Volume 27, issue 3, Mars 2020

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Authors
1 Hospices Civils de Lyon, Hôpital Édouard-Herriot, UJOMM, Service d’oncologie médicale, Pavillon E, 69437 Lyon Cedex 03
2 Hospices Civils de Lyon, Hôpital Édouard-Herriot, Service d’hépato-gastroentérologie, 69437 Lyon cedex 03
3 Hospices Civils de Lyon, Groupement Hospitalier Est, Service d’anathomie et cytopathologie, 69437 Lyon cedex 03
* Correspondance

The incidence of rectal neuroendocrine tumors (R-NET) increases, probably because of the colonoscopic colorectal cancer screening. R-NET represents about one third of all neuroendocrine tumors. They are localized at diagnostic in the majority of cases, metastatic forms count for 2 to 8% of tumors. The classic endoscopic aspect is a single yellow submucosal nodule. The metastatic prognostic mainly depends on the nodule size but also on histological factors as lymphovascular invasion, invasion of the muscularis, and a high histopronotic grade. R-NET less than 10 mm without poor prognostic factor should be removed endoscopically with negative resection margins and the patient does not require follow-up. At the opposite, R-NET larger than 20 mm needs scanographic extension assessment and carcinologic surgery. There is no consensual attitude for R-NET between 10 and 20 mm, an endoscopic resection is possible but a carcinologic surgery must be considered in the presence of poor prognostic factors.