BACKGROUND Pulmonary carcinoids are rare,low-grade malignant tumors characterized by neuroendocrine differentiation and relatively indolent clinical behavior.Most cases present as a slow-growing polypoidal mass in the...
Rectal neuroendocrine tumours represent a rare colorectal tumour with a 10 fold increased prevalence due to incidental detection in the era of colorectal screening.Patient outcomes with early diagnosis are excellent.H...
This study was partially supported by Fujian Provincial Department of Science and Technology(CN)(2100201)and Foundation for Discipline Construction of Fujian Medical University Union Hospital(2100201).
Objective:To investigate the clinicopathologic features of primary ovarian carcinoid.Methods:A case of primary ovarian carcinoid of the ovary were reported.Clinicopathological analysis was performed.Results:The case w...
Gastric neuroendocrine neoplasms(g-NENs)or neuroendocrine tumors are generally slow-growing tumors with increasing incidence.They arise from enterochromaffin like cells and are divided into four types according to cli...
Pulmonary neuroendocrine neoplasms(NENs)represent a minority of lung cancers and vary from slower growing pulmonary carcinoid(PC)tumors to aggressive small cell lung cancer(SCLC).While SCLC can account for up to 15%of...
To the Editor:Pulmonary carcinoid(PC)is a rare well-differentiated neuroendocrine tumor that accounts for only approximately 2%of all malignant lung tumors.[1]PCs are further divided by malignancy into low-and interme...
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BACKGROUND Neuroendocrine tumors of appendix(ANETs)known as carcinoids,are rare endocrine neoplasms originated from enterochromaffin cells of gastrointestinal tract.ANETs are the third most frequent(16.7%)gastrointest...
Well-differentiated neuroendocrine tumors(NETs)are globally increasing in prevalence and the liver is the most common site of metastasis.Neuroendocrine liver metastases(NELM)are heterogeneous in clinical presentation ...
This article was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.81101061);the 1.3.5 Project for Disciplines of Excellence,West China Hospital,Sichuan University(Grant No.ZYJC18037).
A 57-year-old male presenting with spontaneously relieved abdominal cramp and distension was admitted to theWest China Hospital.The diagnosis remained unclear after colonoscopy and computed tomography.Double contrast-...
BACKGROUND Although surgical resection is associated with the best long-term outcomes for neuroendocrine liver metastases(NELM),the current indications for and outcomes of surgery for NELM from a population perspectiv...