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... > Neoplasms > Neoplasms by Histologic Type > Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial > Carcinoma > Adenocarcinoma > Carcinoid Tumor
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Carcinoid Tumor  

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Entry terms

  • Carcinoid
  • Carcinoids

Note

  • coordinate with precoordinated organ/neoplasm term; consider also MALIGNANT CARCINOID SYNDROME or CARCINOID HEART DISEASE

Scope note

  • A usually small, slow-growing neoplasm composed of islands of rounded, oxyphilic, or spindle-shaped cells of medium size, with moderately small vesicular nuclei, and covered by intact mucosa with a yellow cut surface. The tumor can occur anywhere in the gastrointestinal tract (and in the lungs and other sites); approximately 90% arise in the appendix. It is now established that these tumors are of neuroendocrine origin and derive from a primitive stem cell. (From Stedman, 25th ed & Holland et al., Cancer Medicine, 3d ed, p1182)

History note

  • 68; was ARGENTAFFINOMA 1963-67

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D002276

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