The Association of Bronchial Carcinoid and Pluriglandular Adenomatosis

The syndrome of multiple endocrine adenomas in which pituitary, parathyroid, pancreatic islets, and adrenals may be involved has received much attention recently, mainly because of its intricate relationship to the Zollinger-Ellison syndrome, which associates non-beta pancreatic islet tumours with recurrent peptic ulceration. One of the interesting facets of pluriglandular adenomatosis is its association with other unusual tumours; in the case reported here a bronchial carcinoid was present. It is also one more example of a patient in whom the diagnosis of Zollinger-Ellison syndrome was considered during life, and who at necropsy had multiple endocrine tumours.